Envirothon Team Aquatics

State Fish

• Largemouth Bass

• Brook Trout

• American Shad

• Walleye

How do ecologists classify aquatic ecosystems?

• Salinity

• Depth

• Movement

• All of the above

What are wetlands?

• areas of land that are flooded at least part of the year

• the ocean

• lakes

• estuaries

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An area in which fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean

• Mangrove Swamp

• Estuary

• Marshes

• Wetland

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Two factors that determine where an organism lives in aquatic ecosystem are 

• Temperature and sunlight

• Neighbors and housing prices

• Fish and wildlife

• Darkness and tree height

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What is at the base of the food chain in the ocean?

• whales

• plankton

• turtles

• seaweed

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An increase in the amount of nutrients in an aquatic ecosystem

• Eutrophication

• Zootrophication

• Overfishing

• Swamping

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An area where land is periodically underwater.

• Wetland

• Forest

• Desert

• Woodland

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Free swimming organisms

• Benthos

• Nekton

• Amoba

• Crustacean

What is the primary factor that influences the distribution of aquatic organisms in freshwater ecosystems?

• Temperature

• Salinity

• pH level

• Light availability

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