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Introduction to Aquatic Science

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A body of running water that usually finish in a lake or in an ocean.

a)

River

b)

Pond

c)

Lake

2.

Body of water surrounded by land

a)

Ocean

b)

River

c)

Lake

3.

How is a pond?

a)

It is like the ocean

b)

It is like the rivers

c)

It is like the lakes but smaller

4.
What is this body of water?
a)
ocean
b)
canal
c)
river
d)
canyon
5.
What is this body of water?
a)
ocean
b)
river
c)
glacier
d)
lake
6.
The large body of salt water that covers 70% of the Earth’s surface.
a)
gulf
b)
ocean
c)
river
d)
glacier
7.
What is this body of water?
a)
swamp
b)
pond
c)
river
d)
ocean
8.
what is this body of water?
a)
lake
b)
ocean
c)
gulf
d)
swamp
9.

     What body of water is represented on the map?

a)

glacier

b)

river

c)

pond

10.

  What body of water is represented on the map?

a)

river

b)

pond

c)

lake

11.

       Which body of water is made of frozen water and snow?

a)

river

b)

glacier

c)

pond

12.
What's the body of water with land on three sides?
a)
ocean
b)

lake

c)
bay
d)

river

13.

Streams are very similar to ____, but streams are much smaller.

a)

oceans

b)

rivers

c)

glaciers

d)

ponds

14.

What is the defining difference between the marine, freshwater, and estuary biomes?

a)

Salinity (dissolved salt)

b)

Sunlight

c)

Oxygen

d)

Amount of Water

15.

Which aquatic biome is characterized by where rivers meet oceans?

a)

Marine

b)

Freshwater

c)

Coral Reef

d)

Estuary

16.
When salt and fresh water mix, what is the new water substance called?
a)
Brackish Acid
b)
Fresh Water
c)
Salt Water
d)
Brackish Water
17.
What are the three common types of freshwater wetlands? 
a)
forest, swamp and marsh 
b)
bog swamp and forest
c)
marshes, swamps, and bogs
d)
tundra, boreal, grassland 
18.
A land area that is covered with water for part of the year is called:
a)
Lake
b)
Wetland
c)
River
19.

Imagine you see a shallow-water area with large trees whose trunks grow from underwater. What type of wetland are you most likely seeing?

a)

bog

b)

swamp

c)

marsh

d)

rainforest

20.

what type of wetland is seen in the photo ?

a)

bog

b)

marsh

c)

swamp

d)

mangrove forest

21.

What label should be placed where "Title X" is located?

a)

abiotic factors

b)

living factors

c)

neutral factors

d)

biotic factors

22.

What is Aquatic Science?

a)

study of aquatic ecosystems

b)

study of all ecosystems

c)

study of terrestrial ecosystems

d)

swimming

23.

During the BC and early AD era, what allowed most empires to grow and caused much of the early sea exploration?

a)

Trade Routes

b)

Recreational Routes

c)

Marine life discoveries

24.

Where were the Vikings and Columbus trying to get to?

a)

The New World

b)

China

c)

Italy

d)

Central America

25.

Who was believed to find North America 500 years before Columbus?

a)

Vikings

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Greeks

26.

Which scientist wrote the book called "Origin of Species?"

a)

Matthew Maury

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Sir Charles Wyville

d)

Vasco de Gama

27.

Who led the Challenger Expedition?

a)

Sir Charles Wyville Thomson

b)

Matthew Maury

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Magellan

28.

Which submersible was lowered into the ocean with a cable?

a)

Shinkai

b)

The meteor

c)

Bathyscaphe

d)

Bathysphere

29.

Robert Ballard

a)

He was the first to set sail and circumnavigate the globe. 

b)

The first to explore and establish trade routes in Europe

c)

Found the sunken Titanic

d)

Led four expeditions to Antarctic explorations, and rescued 27 of his crew members from Elephant Island.

30.

They are considered as the first Western navigators

a)

Indians

b)

Greeks

c)

Polynesians

d)

Phoenicians

31.

He invented the aqualung, later called SCUBA.

a)

Jacques Cousteau

b)

Sylvia Earle

c)

Robert Ballard

d)

Edward Forbes

32.

Abiotic means

a)

living

b)

nonliving

33.

What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic factors?

a)

Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are nonliving things.

b)

Biotic factors are nonliving things and abiotic factors are living things.

34.
Biotic means
a)
living
b)
nonliving
35.

What is a example of a abiotic factor?

a)

Panda

b)

Bacteria

c)

Butterfly

d)

Weather

36.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic 
c)
abiotic
d)
living
37.

Temperature is an example of what kind of factor?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

c)

dead

d)

living

38.
What are the biotic factors in this image?
a)
sunlight, elephants, and grasses
b)
sunlight, water,  and air
c)
elephants, plants, trees 
39.

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

a)

water, sunlight, dirt, air

b)

birds, trees, and sunlight

c)

water, trees, and birds

40.

Which of the following is a biotic factor?

a)

sun

b)

temperature

c)

soil

d)

grass

41.

Mostly short grass, dry and very windy. high elevation, Palo Duro Canyon.

a)

Texas Gulf Coast

b)

Plains

c)

Prairie

d)

Trans-Pecos

42.

This Texas ecoregion experiences little erosion due to its rich soil with much vegetation where trees are the main plant life.

a)

Woodlands

b)

Plateau and Desert/Montane

c)

Plains

d)

Prairies

43.

The landscape of the Texas Prairies has changed due to _____.

a)

no fires

b)

absence of bison and livestock

c)

humans making cropland/farmland

d)

All the above

44.

Includes marshes and swamps, high humidity and warm temperatures. waves cause mechanical weathering. sand dunes, sand bars.

a)

Texas Gulf Coast

b)

Plains

c)

Plateau

d)

Prairie

45.

Little erosion due to nutrient rich soil and lots of vegetation.

Trees are the main plant life, lumber industry

a)

Piney Woods

b)

Edward's Plateau

c)

Prairie

d)

Plains

46.

Limestone hills, many streams and springs, shallow soil. Land forms include Enchanted rock

a)

Edward's Plateau

b)

Trans Pecos

c)

Pineywoods

d)

Prairie

47.

High wind erosion due to little vegetation, mountains and desert, little plant life, mostly clay soil

a)

Trans Pecos

b)

Edward's Plateau

c)

Gulf Coast

d)

Pineywoods

48.
This is a picture of the __________ ecoregion of Texas.
a)
High Plains
b)
Gulf Coast Plains and Marshes
c)
Piney Woods
d)
Hill Country

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