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Freshwater Ecosystems

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An harmful increase in the amount of nutrients in an ecosystem is known as

a)

nitrification

b)

algal blooms

c)

eutrophication

2.

One reason estuaries are important?

a)

Used as a place to help predators capture their prey

b)

Used as a "nursery" to help organisms raise babies

c)

Used as a place to increase pollution

d)

Used as an "overflow" area to prevent flooding

3.

A coastal wetland that is flooded and drained by salt water brought in by the tides that is in between land is called a(n)

a)

Bog

b)

Salt marsh

c)

Estuary

d)

Wetland

4.

Mangrove trees are experts at filtering out ___________.

a)

...sediment

b)

...oxygen

c)

...water

d)

...salt

5.

What is the name of a plant or tree that has adapted to live in salt water?

a)

Hydrophyte

b)

Pyrophyte

c)

Halophytes

d)

Epiphyte

6.

What photos are the Mangroves tree?

a)

b)

c)

7.
Mangroves protect coastlines from erosion by acting as a natural barrier and flood defence. True or false?
a)
True
b)
False
8.

This is a picture of a salt marsh

a)

b)

c)

d)

9.

Match the following threats w their ecosystem...

a)

Salt Marshes

1.

house development/cont

b)

Mangroves

2.

firewood, too ugly

c)

Estuaries

3.

sediment/trash

10.

Match the following Keystone species to their ecosystem.

a)

1.

Estuaries

b)

2.

Salt Marsh

c)

3.

Mangroves