Estuary

Estuary

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Estuary

Estuary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-1

+5

Standards-aligned

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The image shows an aquatic food chain. Which organism(s) will be unaffected if the krill are removed from the aquatic food web?

A. fish

B. penguin

C. phytoplankton

D. squid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the definition of ESTUARY?

An area where fresh water mixes with salt water from the ocean.

The land between high and low tides that includes beaches and rocky shores.

An area of land that is sometimes underwater or whose soil contains a great deal of moisture.

Underwater zone from the shore to the edge of the continental shelf.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A body of water where fresh and salt water meet is called ....

channel 

estimate 

inlet

estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How would a large increase in the salinity of an estuary MOST LIKELY affect the ecosystem of the estuary?

All organisms would die.

All organisms would continue to live as the do now.

The number of salt-tolerant organisms would increase, and the number of salt-intolerant organisms would decrease.

The number of salt-intolerant organisms would increase, and the number of salt-tolerant organisms would decrease.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

This ​ (a)   is composed of a mixture of both salt and freshwater (brackish water). It is great for ​ (b)   . One of the largest and most productive estuaries in the United States is located at ​ (c)   .

estuary

marsh

Chesapeake Bay, Virginia

New River, Virginia

Lake Superior, Michigan

fishing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

This ​ (a)   is composed of a mixture of both salt and freshwater (brackish water). 

estuary

fen

bog

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a mix of salt water and fresh water

mixture

brackish

abiotic

biotic

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