Aquatic Biomes

It refers to the measure of dissolved salts in water

• Solubility

• Salinity

• Concentration of salts

• Percent by mass

It is a deep zone of a lake or pond, located below the range of effective light penetration.

• Littoral Zone

• Limnetic Zone

• Profundal Zone

• Benthic Zone

The following are examples of salts that can be dissolved in water. Which is NOT an example of a salt?

• Sodium Chloride

• Magnesium Chloride

• Sodium Bicarbonate

• Sodium Oxide

These biomes have water that contains little or no salt.

• Marine Biomes

• Freshwater Biomes

• Aquatic Biomes

• Saltless Biomes

Lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and wetlands are examples of what particular aquatic biome?

• Marine Biome

• Aquatic Biome

• Freshwater Biome

• Flowing water Biome

It is a freshwater biome type that is generally referred to in the scientific community as a lentic ecosystem (still or standing waters).

• Lakes and Ponds

• Rivers and Streams

• Wetlands

• Reservoir

Which description and image fit the description of an oligotrophic lake?

• Nutrient Poor

  Oxygen Rich

  Clearer water

  Found in high mountains

• Nutrient Rich

  Oxygen Poor

  Inhabited by plants and algae

  Found in Lower altitudes

It is the area closest to the land where sunlight penetrates all the way to the sediment and allows aquatic plants (macrophytes) to grow.

• Littoral Zone

• Limnetic Zone

• Profundal Zone

• Benthic Zone

It is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months).

• Lakes and Ponds

• Rivers and Streams

• Wetlands

• Reservoir

Which description and image fit the description of a eutrophic lake?

• Nutrient Poor

  Oxygen Rich

  Clearer water

  Found in high mountains

• Nutrient Rich

  Oxygen Poor

  Inhabited by plants and algae

  Found in Lower altitudes