Lentic vs. Lotic Ecosystems

​Please take notes in your notebook as you proceed through the lesson.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a lentic ecosystem?

• streams

• lakes

• bogs

• ponds

Multiple Select

Currents in a LOTIC ecosytem can...

• add oxygen to the ecosystem

• distribute plankton

• remove oxygen from the ecosystem

• eliminate algae

Multiple Choice

Temperature fluctuates (goes up and down) in LENTIC ecosystems due to...

• elevation

• composition of the bed

• seasonal temperature changes

• shallowness of the water

Multiple Choice

Which of the following life zones are only found in LOTIC ecosystems?

• headwaters

• littoral

• limnetic

• profundal

Multiple Choice

Moving water in LOTIC ecosystems....

• aerates the water

• removes plankton

• overturns the river

• brings nutrients to the source of the river

Multiple Choice

Which ecosystem does pollution cause more problem in?

• LENTIC

• LOTIC

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an adaptation for organisms in a LENTIC ecosystem?

• long flexible stems

• burrowing to the bottom of the sediment

• streamlined bodies

• estivation or summer dormancy

Multiple Select

Which of the following could be found in a LOTIC ecosystem?

• SALMON

• TROUT

• ALGAE

• MOSS

Open Ended

List 3 adaptations for organisms that live in an aquifer ecosystem.