Riparian Zone/Estuary/Plankton

Define an ecosystem:

• All biotic and abiotic factors in an area

• All biotic factors in an area

• all abiotic factors in an area

• The area in which several species live

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What is a riparian zone?

• Underwater area

• An aquatic ecosystem area

• Terrestrial (land) ecosystem next to a river or stream

• The river

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What do riparian zones help with?

• nothing

• creating a floodplain

• building dams

• Dissipate the stream energy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Riparian zones are important because they protect rivers from:

• Sedimentation

• runoff pollutants

• Erosion

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What would you find at a healthy riparian zone?

• Clear water

• Shade

• all of the above

• Variety of plants and animals

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

All of these are threats to riparian zone except:

• overgrazing

• Rain

• Human development

• logging

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

transition areas where freshwater mixes with salt water

Weakly swimming or drifting organisms

Why are plankton important?

• All of the above

• Basis of the food web

• major players in the carbon cyce

• producer of oxygen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

spend their whole life cycle as a plankton