WorksheetsAquatic Science Chapters 1-5
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
The amount of energy the producers in this energy pyramid provide the primary consumer is 54,000 joules. From this amount, 540 joules are provided to the tertiary consumers. Based on this model, how much of the energy was provided to secondary consumers?
53,460 J
5,400 J
540 J
54 J
Food webs such as the one shown were first used in 1927 by the animal ecologist Charles Elton. The food web below represents the feeding relationships among organisms in an Alaskan ecosystem. An environmental change that removed which of these organisms from the ecosystem would cause the most instability in the ecosystem?
Auklets
Foxes
Salmon
Zooplankton
Some relationships between different organisms are shown in the table. Which table correctly identifies each type of interaction described?
What step of the water cycle is shown in this picture?
Condensation
Runoff
Precipitation
Evaporation
What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?
natural selection
mutation
camouflage
adaptation
What is the role of the sun in the water cycle?
provide heat energy for evaporation
provide heat energy for condensation
dry out the soil for runoff to occur
provide thermal energy for accumulation
Most of Earth's fresh water is used for
recreational purposes such as swimming pools.
Irrigating crops
drinking
washing dishes and clothes
Dissolved oxygen enters a body of water through which processes?
Aeration and decomposition
Decomposition and fish swimming
Aeration and photosynthesis
None of these
What percentage of the water on Earth is FRESHWATER?
3%
30%
70%
93%
Which is the best definition of an Aquifer?
An underground lake
Freshwater on the surface
A spring
Rainwater
Water that has a salinity above 0.5%, but below 3% is considered -
Saltwater
Brackish water
Freshwater
There is no name for this
An area where all of the precipitation and runoff eventually end up in the same body of water.
A mountain range
A water bowl
A lake
A watershed
Which of the following describes characteristics of PLANTS, but not algae?
They share ALL of the same characteristics
Single celled and usually green
Photosynthesis, Chloroplasts
Roots, stems, leaves
Using this dichotomous key, identity the name of the circled fish.
band-tail puffer
spotted goat fish
peacock flounder
trumpet fish
