Aquatic Ecosystems and Biomes

Which term refers to land areas that are saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, and include marshes, swamps, and bogs?

• Taiga

• Wetland

• Estuary

• Canopy

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the term for the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream?

• Canopy

• Wetland

• Estuary

• Understory

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following would not determine what life exists in a biome?

• Temperature

• Soil

• Amount of water

• Economy

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Ecosystems can make up a...

• City

• Environment

• Biome

• Biotic factors

Which of the following are the two simplest classification of biomes?

• Terrestrial and spacial

• Terrestrial and aquatic

• Land and air

• Aquatic and marine

What kind of biome is shown in the image?

• Freshwater

• Marine

• Grassland

• Taiga

The parts of an ecosystem that are currently living or that have once lived.

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Species

• Biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Freshwater biomes have ____ amounts of salt.

• Low

• High

Marine biomes have ____ amounts of salt.

• Low

• High

What is the difference between a biome and an ecosystem?

• A biome is the interaction of living and nonliving things. An ecosystem is a large geographic area with living things.

• A biome is is a large geographic area with living things. An ecosystem is the interaction of living and nonliving things.

• There is no difference, biomes and ecosystems are the same thing.

• None of these answers.