Aquatic Ecosystem

Observe the image, a system of rivers, streams, and ponds represents which type of aquatic ecosystem?

• Freshwater ecosystem

• Marine ecosystem

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An estuary has freshwater that leads into the ocean. What is the term to describe this water?

• Low Dissolved saltwater

• High Dissolved Salt Water

• Brackish

• Freshwater

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Which of the following is considered a pelagic ecosystem?

• Intertidal Zone

• Neritic Zone

• Littoral Zone

• Limnetic Zone

What is a wetland?

• Ecosystems with low dissolved salts

• Are ecosystems that are covered with water for at least part of the year.

• Ecosystems with high dissolved salts

• Ecosystems without trees

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Which description best fits the term "pelagic ecosystem?

• Open water far from the shore

• A wetland dominated by trees

• A wetland dominated by grasses

• The part of landmass that is submerged beneath the ocean

Which zone is not found in a freshwater ecosystem?

• Benthic Zone

• Littoral Zone

• Limnetic Zone

• Continental Shelf

What is the difference between the photic and aphotic zone?

• Photic zone is has little to no sunlight, the aphotic zone is penetrated by sunlight

• Photic zone is penetrated by sunlight, the aphotic zone has little to no sunlight

What describes a Region of land that drains into a river, river system, or other bodies of water?

• Watershed

• Pelagic ecosystem

• Marine ecosystem

• Freshwater ecosystem

What is the difference between swamps and marshes?

• Marshes are dominated by trees, but swamps are dominated by grasses 

• Marshes are dominated by grasses, but swamps are dominated by trees

• Marshes are primarily cold, but swamps are very warm year-round 

• Marshes are very warm year-round, but swamps experience four distinct seasons 

   

   

Corals are...

• animals

• rocks

• plants

• non living things

• mushrooms

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