Aquatic Biomes

_________ is the amount of salt dissolved in water.

• Temperature
• Salinity
• Nutrients
• Pressure

•The _______________is shallow, which allows sunlight to reach the bottom. Many producers and consumers live in this zone.

• Limnetic Zone

• Benthos
• littoral zone

• Profoundal

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The ________receives little sunlight. It is cold and lower in oxygen than the other zones.

• Profundal

• Limnetic

• Littoral

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In which area of the lake is there more likely to be the greatest diversity of plankton?

• profundal zone

• littoral zone

• limnetic zone

• aphotic zone

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Which biome is pictured below?

• freshwater
• wetland
• coral reef
• ocean

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In which biome do these plants (duckweed) survive?

• coral reef
• ocean
• freshwater
• wetland

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Which watery biome has the lowest concentration of salt?

• freshwater
• ocean
• coral reef
• wetland

Which biome is pictured below?

• wetland
• coral reef
• ocean
• freshwater

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Which is NOT a freshwater ecosystem?

• a river
• a lake 
• an estuary
• a stream

Which factor(s) affect aquatic ecosystems?

• depth
• flow
• nutrients
• all affect aquatic ecosystems

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