WorksheetsAdaptations in Water Environments
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Earth is divided into land and (a) environments that are filled with different types of living things.
Earth's water environments are divided into two groups called (a) and freshwater environments.
Plants cannot grow in deep water because the (a) does not reach them.
Water temperatures near the (a) are warmer.
Water lilies live in fresh, shallow waters. The air spaces in their leaves help them (a) .
The Largest ocean on Earth is?
(a)
Fish use (a) to breathe underwater
The sting ray has a sharp and (a) tail.
The angler fish and the (a) are examples of sea creatures who have adapted to a deep-sea environment.
(a) are areas where water covers the land much of the year.
Wetland plants create special ways to get (a) .
Tree such as (a) have woody roots that grow above the water and absorb oxygen from the air.
A wetland with soft-stemmed plants such as reeds and grasses.
(a)
A freshwater wetland filled with spongy moss and rich soil.
(a)
A wetland with trees ans shrubs.
(a)
A freshwater environment
never freezes.
has flowing water.
has very little salt.
is shallow.
A wetland that contains large amounts of moss and peat is a
bog.
marsh.
swamp.
mangrove.
A plant-like organism that lives in water and makes its own food from sunlight is
algae.
coral.
eel grass.
see urchins.
A wetland with mostly soft-stemmed plants is called a
mangrove.
marsh.
pond.
swamp.
A special structure used by underwater organism to breathe is a
fin.
gill.
shell.
tail.
An animal that can live both in and out of water is a(n)
amphibian.
bird.
mammal.
reptile.
A body of water with very salty water is a
freshwater environment.
lake environment.
saltwater environment.
swampy environment.
The distance from the surface to the bottom of a body of water is its
area.
depth.
height.
volume.
A wetland with woody plants in it is called a
bog.
marsh.
pond.
swamp.
A marine environment is a
deep water environment
freshwater environment
saltwater environment
swamp water environment
