AP Environmental Science Aquatic Biomes

A ______ is a group of ecosystems that share similar abiotic and biotic conditions.

• biome

• climate

• weather

• land area

The average conditions including temperature and precipitation over long periods in a given area is called ____.

• climate

• weather

• climatograph

• biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Day to day conditions in the Earth's atmosphere is called

• weather

• climate

• climatograph

• biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The measure of the amount of salt in dissolved water is called

• brackish

• osmosis

• salinity

• diffusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Brackish water means that it

• is more salt than freshwater

• equal parts of salt and freshwater

• more fresh than salt and mud

• less salt and more freshwater

The zone where enough sunlight for photosynthesis penetrates is known as the

• photic zone

• aphotic zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The zone where light does not penetrate due to the cloudiness of the water is the

• photic zone

• aphotic zone

The bottom of a body of water is called the

• aphotic zone

• photic zone

• benthic zone

• pelagic zone

The shallow near-shore portion of the photic zone is called the

• littoral zone

• limnetic zone

• benthic zone

• aquatic zone

Areas of land that are flooded with water at least part of the year is called a

• pond

• lake

• bog

• wetland