Aquatic

Which ecosystem may contain both, freshwater and salt water?

• Ponds

• Estuary

• Ocean

• Freshwater ecosystem

____ are shallow and warm.

• streams

• rivers

• ponds

• lakes

This image belongs to a:

• river

• stream

• ponf

• lake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Beside some other things, salinity on estuaries depends on the amount of freshwater flowing from land.

• True

• False

• impossible to know

An ocean ecosystem formed from the skeletons of animals is a (n) _____.

• open ocean

• coastal ocean

• intertidal zone

• coral reef

• Dark zone

Lakes are larger and deeper than ponds. This statement is:

• True

• False

Which biome is pictured below?

• ocean

• freshwater

• coral reef 

• wetland

The area of an aquatic ecosystem that is near shallow, near shore, & has an abundance of sunlight & wildlife

• benthic zone

• littoral zone

• limnetic zone

• sunlight zone

An ecosystem where water covers the soil or water is near the surface of the soil is called

• a desert

• an ocean

• an estuary

• a wetland

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What aquatic biome is characterized by flowing fresh water?

• Lakes/Ponds

• Mangroves Swamps

• Rivers/Streams

• Coral Reefs