Draft Marine Ecosystems

The marine ecosystem providing the most habitat and with the MOST diversity is

• sandy beach

• rocky shore

• coral reef

• kelp forest

The picture shows a

• coral reef

• kelp forest

• open ocean

• estuary

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The sandy beach has

• low diversity, low population numbers

• low diversity, high population numbers

• high diversity, low population numbers

• high diversity, high population numbers

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Adaptations for attachment and the ability to bend with the waves, as well as to protect against drying out, are part of organisms in this ecosystem:

• coral reef

• estuary

• rocky shore

• kelp forest

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This picture shows a(n)

• sandy beach

• open ocean

• kelp forest

• estuary

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The BIGGEST function of an estuary is providing

• salt products

• a nursery for baby organisms

• recreation

• most of the world's oxygen

Which ecosystem provides most of the world's oxygen?

• kelp forest

• estuary

• coral reef

• open ocean

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In which ecosystem would we find barnacles, seastars, birds, mussels and seaweed?

• rocky shore

• kelp forest

• coral reef

• none of these

Where are coral reefs found?

• Polar waters

• temperate, mid-latitude waters

• tropical waters

• only near volcanos

3 ecosystems, in order from LOWEST to HIGHEST diversity, are:

• estuary, sandy beach, rocky shore

• sandy beach, kelp forest, coral reef

• coral reef, open ocean, sandy beach

• sandy beach, coral reef, rocky shore

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