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WorksheetsEstuaries/Marsh Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
area of transition between dry land habitats and deep water
a)
water table
b)
watershed
c)
swamp
d)
wetland
2.
plants that have adapted to allow them to live in areas often saturated by water
a)
epiphytes
b)
phytoplankton
c)
halophytes
d)
hydrophytes
3.
amount of salt in water
a)
salinity
b)
brackish
c)
detritus
d)
sodium
4.
a mixture of salt and fresh water
a)
salinity
b)
wetland
c)
brackish water
d)
sea water
5.
where a river meets the sea
a)
estuary
b)
sound
c)
inlet
d)
bay
6.
soil that is different physically and chemically from dry soils
a)
hypo
b)
hydro
c)
hydric
d)
hyper
7.
anaerobic
a)
too much oxygen
b)
little or no oxygen
c)
oxygen in water
d)
lack of energy
8.
substrate
a)
soil
b)
bedrock
c)
beach sand
d)
layer of he atmosphere
9.
organic matter
a)
specially grown plants
b)
dead and decaying plants
c)
liquid oxygen
d)
matter that changes
10.
element that gives the marsh a rotten egg smell
a)
oxygen
b)
copper
c)
sulfur
d)
sodium
11.
an island of trees in the marsh
a)
hammock
b)
maritime forest
c)
palm grove
d)
high marsh
12.
plants that adapt to living in salty environments
a)
hydrophytes
b)
epiphytes
c)
halophytes
d)
zooplankton
13.
final marsh zone that is a part of the upland
a)
tidal creek
b)
high marsh
c)
maritime forest
d)
primary dunes
14.
most common plant in the salt marsh
a)
detritus
b)
black needlerush
c)
saltwort
d)
spartina
15.
zone only flooded for one hour each day
a)
maritime forest
b)
high marsh
c)
meadow
d)
tidal creek
16.
an example of a halophyte
a)
glasswort
b)
spartina
c)
sea oats
d)
pennywort
17.
where the marsh meets the uplands, salinity is lower
a)
maritime forest
b)
sand dunes
c)
marsh border
d)
estuary
18.
organisms that break down plant tissues and release nutrients for consumers
a)
shrimp
b)
plankton
c)
algae
d)
decomposers
19.
nature's soup
a)
Campbell's
b)
detritus
c)
tomato
d)
vegetable
20.
one erratic condition in the marsh
a)
frost
b)
rapid temperature changes
c)
odors caused by sulfur
d)
amount of fish
21.
a)
bluebird
b)
blue headed cowbird
c)
crayola bird
d)
painted bunting
22.
a)
two kids in a boat
b)
most successful kayaking partners ever
c)
pirates of the marsh
d)
Uber Kayak Service
23.
a)
asylum escapees
b)
Kanye and Oprah
c)
Just Plain Scary
d)
Sweet sleeping gentlemen
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