Envirothon Aquatics

If you find a new species of algae floating on the surface of a coastal zone, you would likely consider it a type of ____.

• benthos

• zooplankton

• nekton

• phytoplankton

• ultraplankton

A jellyfish would be considered a type of ____.

• benthos

• zooplankton

• nekton

• phytoplankton

• ultraplankton

Strongly swimming consumers are most likely to be ____.

• phytoplankton

• zooplankton

• nekton

• benthos

• decomposers

Which of the following is not part of the saltwater or marine aquatic life zones?

• oceans

• estuaries

• inland wetlands

• coastal wetlands

• mangrove forests

Which of the following is a major cause of increasing ocean acidification?

• eutrophication

• construction of dams and levees

• rising sea level

• rising levels of CO₂

• decreasing dissolved oxygen

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which of the following is a highly productive wetland that provides habitat for some 69 species of trees that can live in salty water?

• seagrass beds

• barrier beaches

• barrier islands

• coastal rain forests

• mangrove forests

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is an area where a river meets the sea, and includes some of the earth’s most productive wetlands?

• euphotic zone

• estuary

• inlets

• bays

• coastal marshes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Most photosynthesis in the open ocean occurs in the ____.

• abyssal zone

• euphotic zone

• estuary zone

• bathyal zone

• benthic zone

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The dimly lit zone in which zooplankton and smaller fishes predominate is the ____.

• abyssal zone

• euphotic zone

• estuary zone

• bathyal zone

• benthic zone

The open, sunlit surface area away from the shore is in which zone?

• benthic

• littoral

• bathyal

• limnetic

• profundal