Apes Aquatic Ecosystems

A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean...thought of as the ocean's nursery...

• Headwaters

• Tributary

• Estuary

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Aquatic biomes cover roughly how much of the Earth's surface

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 3%

How do organisms create energy in the aphotic zone?

• Photosyntesis

• Chemosynthesis

• No energy is generated in the aphotic zone.

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What are some problems associated with low tide?

• Waves crashing on shore may affect an organism's ability to hold on.

• Organisms may dry out due to lack of water.

• Organisms are exposed to direct sunlight.

• All of the above.

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Which aquatic biome is pictured below?

• fresh water wetland

• lake

• ocean

• river

• inland sea

What are lakes that have high productivity due to sufficient amounts of nutrients such as phosphorous and nitrogen in the water.

• cultural eutrophication lake

• mesotrophic lake

• oligotrophic lake

• eutrophic lake

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Which of the following allows for the destruction of existing wetlands as long as an equal area of the same type of wetland is created or destroyed?

• integrated coastal management

• individual transfer rights

• mitigation banking

• dredging

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The Ecological Services of Rivers includes each of the following except

• delivering nutrients to the rivers and streams to help sustain coastal fisheries

• purifying water

• depositing silt that maintains deltas

• providing habitats for wildlife

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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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