3.1 Practice- Hydrosphere and Biosphere Interactions Quiz

How is an estuary ecosystem different from an ocean ecosystem?

• An ocean ecosystem has fish.

• An estuary ecosystem is a land ecosystem.

• An estuary ecosystem has lower salinity levels.

• An ocean ecosystem has sand.

What were estuaries before they flooded?

• oceans

• large ponds

• river basins

• glacier valleys

What will form at the edge of the water where the water is shallow?

• buttes

• cliffs

• wetlands

• mountains

______ is different from the tundra because it contains running water with varying salinity levels.

• A rain forest

• A grassland

• An estuary

• A desert

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Why does tuna live in an ocean ecosystem and not in a grassland ecosystem? A tuna lives in an ocean ecosystem and not in a grassland ecosystem because ______.

• tuna must breathe carbon dioxide

• tuna is adapted to live in the saltwater

• the ocean has more sunlight than the grassland

• the grassland has too much precipitation

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Many organisms in water ecosystems exchange gases with the ______.

• water

• air

• soil

• sand

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A pond and a river are both water ecosystems, but a pond does not have ________.

• currents

• insects

• plants

• fish

Which of the following cover most of the earth and are large enough to contain many ecosystems?

• tundras

• oceans

• deserts

• grasslands