Lecture 7.2: Marine Ecosystems

Marine Ecosystems

Chapter 7.2

Multiple Choice

Organisms in a COASTAL AREA ecosystem adapt to:

• Temperature, sunlight and nutrients

• Water level and salinity

Multiple Choice

Coastal Wetlands are:

• Mostly Freshwater

• Mostly Saltwater

Multiple Choice

An Estuary is:

• Freshwater

• Saltwater

• Both

• Neither

Multiple Choice

What is the MAIN benefit of shallow water?

• Photosynthesis

• Nutrients

Open Ended

Why are estuaries vulnerable to the effects of pollution?

Multiple Choice

What is the similarity between a salt water marsh and a mangrove swamp?

• They have been filled with waste

• They are partially submerged

Open Ended

What are TWO factors that can damage coral reefs? How do they damage them?

Open Ended

List TWO ways that marine animals are threatened.