Aquatic Ecosystem

Pond/Lake

• A an area of freshwater completely surrounded by land.

• An area of low-lying ground where water collects.

• A coastal ecosystem that is regularly flooded by the tides.

• In deep ocean waters, few plants can grow. Animals often are bio-luminescent.

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What is an ecosystem?

• An Estuary

• A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area.

• A community of organisms and their abiotic environment.

Which of the following best describes turtles, algae, fish and beavers?

• Biotic factors found in lakes and ponds

• Abiotic factors found in lakes and ponds

• Biotic factors found in grasslands

• Abiotic factors found in forests

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• river

• stream

• ponf

• lake

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What is the difference between freshwater and marine ecosystems?

• marine ecosystem is an aquatic ecosystem with high levels of dissolved salts in the water, freshwater ecosystem have low levels dissolved salts

• freshwater ecosystem is an aquatic ecosystem with high levels of dissolved salts in the water, marine ecosystem have low levels dissolved salts

What is an estuary?

• a unique aquatic ecosystem where rivers flow into the open sea

• Are ecosystems that are covered with water for at least part of the year.

• Ecosystems with high dissolved salts

• Ecosystems without trees

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Which zone is closest to the shore?

• Intertidal

• Oceanic

• Neritic

• Pelagic

Which zone is the deepest and most aphotic in the marine ecosystem?

• Intertidal

• Oceanic

• Abyssal

• Pelagic

Which zone is open water zone near the surface in the photic zone in freshwater ecosystems?

• Littoral

• Limnetic

• Profundal

• Benthic

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Which zone is aphotic and found in deep lakes of freshwater ecosystems?

• Littoral

• Limnetic

• Profundal

• Benthic

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