Unit 6 Biomes Final review project

What is an Ecosystem?

• A biological group of living organisms

• Inhabitants of a town or country

• Food web

• Forest with animals

What is the place where freshwater and saltwater mix in the ocean biome?

• chaparral

• estuary

• coastal runoff

• benthic community

Which is an example of a saltwater habitat?

• Ocean

• Pond

• River

• Lake

A swamp is a freshwater or saltwater wetland with trees

• True

• False

This aquatic community has a variety of organisms such as salmon, plankton, dolphins, sharks, and coral

• freshwater

• Marine

• savanna

• estuaries

An aquatic environment that contains organisms that thrive where fresh and saltwater mix at various salt concentrations is called a

• aquarium

• estuary

• swamp

• community

In which habitat would tumbleweeds thrive?

• desert

• Marsh

• rainforest

• swamp

_________provide protected environments for some marine species to hatch and grow before they migrate to the sea to live out their adult lives.

• deltas

• estuaries

• river basins

• watersheds

Aquatic animals that are able to swim and move independently of water currents

• eastary

• fishery

• nekton

• upwelling

In which type of ecosystem would both algae and tadpoles most likely be found?

• estuary

• tide pool

• coral reef

• pond