Aquatic Biomes Quiz (S24)

Categorize the following bodies of water as freshwater, brackish, or marine.

Groups:

(a) Freshwater

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(b) Brackish

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(c) Marine

• Rivers & streams

• Lakes & ponds

• Open ocean

• Estuaries

• Coasts & coral reefs

• Swamps, bogs, & marshes

What is a common diet for benthos organisms in bodies of water?

• Phytoplankton

• Dead & decaying organisms

• Small, brightly colored fish

• Sunlight to photosynthesize

The most oxygen is found in ​ (a)   temperature waters. Oxygen enters waters that are more ​ (b)   in terms of movement

• cold
• turbulent
• warm
• still

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Categorize the following factors into either olgiotrophic or euthrophic waters.

Groups:

(a) Oligotrophic

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(b) Eutrophic

• High turbidity

• High nutrients

• High plankton population

• Limited plankton population

• Low turbidity

• Low nutrients

Emergent vegeation is found in lakes & ponds. What is emergent vegetation?

• Plants with submerged roots & exposed leaves/flowers

• Plants with exposed roots & submerged leaves/flowers

• Plants that must consume insects to obtain nitrogen

• Plants that do not photosynthesize due to being completely submerged

Which of the following bodies of freshwater have low plant nutrients at the source (start) & high plant nutrients at the mouth (end)?

• Rivers/streams

• Lakes/ponds

• Coasts/coral reefs

• Wetlands

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Which body of water fits the following description?
A body of water that is partially enclosed by a delta, where freshwater & saltwater mix.

• Estuary

• Rivers/streams

• Coral reefs/coasts

• Wetland

Plankton that are more animal in nature are called what?

• Krill

• Zooplankton

• Phytoplankton

• Plankton

Within a body of water, the area that recieves sunlight is known as the ​ (a)   . The area that does not recieve sunlight is known as the ​ (b)   zone. The area that recieves more sunlight will be ​ (c)   than the area that does not.

• photic
• aphotic
• warmer
• pelagic
• cooler

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Adaptations in the river biome might include the ability to ___________

• ability to produce energy from sulfur

• excrete salt water

• resist a strong current

• conserve oxygen by not moving

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