Lake Ecology

Any water environment and the community of organisms that live there is called

• Terrestrial ecosystem

• land biomes

• Aquatic ecosystem

• Forests

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Pond/Lake Plants

• mangrove, sea rush, oioi, jointed rush

• water lilies, algae, cattails

• mallard duck, crayfish, snapping turtle

• coralline algae, phytoplankton

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Which of the following best describes turtles, algae, fish and beavers?

• Biotic factors found in lakes and ponds

• Abiotic factors found in lakes and ponds

• Biotic factors found in grasslands

• Abiotic factors found in forests

A pond...

• is bigger than a lake

• is deeper than a lake

• is wider than a lake

• sunligth approaches the soil

Which of these are abiotic factors that affect aquatic ecosystems

• water temperature

• water pH

• amount of sand

• rate of water flow.

• Salinity

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An aquatic ecosystem must be influenced by all of the abiotic factors

• True

• False

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Although freshwater ecosystems seem common, they actually contain less than one percent of all the water on Earth. ​

• True

• False

Which picture doesn't show a lake or a pond?

• A

• B

• C

• E

• F

______________are types of fresh water ecosystems

• Oceans

• Seas

• Lakes

• estuary

• ponds

There are ______________ main aquatic ecosystems.