Alice Marine Science

Which of the following would be characteristic of the profundal zone?

• rooted plants

• low oxygen levels

• nourished by dead matter

• high photosynthetic activity

• decomposers and detritus feeders

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following would be characteristic of a eutrophic lake?

• crystal clear waters

• limited population of phytoplankton

• small supply of plant nutrients

• well-supplied with nutrients for producers

• low net primary productivity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A jellyfish would be considered a type of ____.

• benthos

• zooplankton

• nekton

• phytoplankton

• ultraplankton

Net Primary Productivity is highest in ____.

• open oceans as nutrients are plentiful

• open oceans as disturbance is minimized

• shallow systems as nutrients are plentiful

• shallow systems as temperatures are cooler

• open oceans as sunlight is plentiful

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Which of the following is a highly productive wetland that provides habitat for some 69 species of trees that can live in salty water?

• seagrass beds

• barrier beaches

• barrier islands

• coastal rain forests

• mangrove forests

What is an area where a river meets the sea, and includes some of the earth’s most productive wetlands?

• euphotic zone

• estuary

• inlets

• bays

• coastal marshes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The zone in which you would expect to find deposit feeders along with oysters, clams, and sponges is the ____.

• euphotic zone

• abyssal zone

• coastal zone

• intertidal zone

• bathyal zone

In large lakes, there are four distinct zones. Which of the following is not one of those zones?

• benthic

• littoral

• bathyal

• limnetic

• profundal

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The open, sunlit surface area away from the shore is in which zone?

• benthic

• littoral

• bathyal

• limnetic

• profundal

Deep lakes with steep banks that have a short supply of plant nutrients are ____.

• oligotrophic lakes

• eutrophic lakes

• culturally eutrophic lakes

• hypereutrophic lakes

• mesotrophic lakes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1