Quiz 1 AKU4102

Arrange according to size, from smallest to largest

• Brook, creek, river

• Creek, brook, river

• Brook, river, creek

• River, creek, brook

Which of the following is the best statement to describe a wetland?

• A sandy desert that cannot support any vegetation or water retention

• An area of land whose soil is saturated with moisture (water) either permanently or seasonally

• An arid area where water is completely absent year-round

• A dry land area that never hold water

Temperature zones in a lake refer to the following, except:

• Epilimnion, thermocline, hypolimnion

• Mixolimnion, chemocline, monolimnion

• Epilimnion, metalimnion, hypolimnion

• Mixolimnion, polymictic, monolimnion

Open water area where light does not penetrate to the bottom. Photosynthesis occurs mainly by phytoplankton.

• Littoral zone

• Aphotic zone

• Hypolimnion zone

• Limnetic zone

Gradient changes in a reservoir that result in three (3) distinct zones are:

• Limnetic zone, profundal zone, benthic zone

• Downstream zone, transitional zone, upstream zone

• Riverine zone, transitional zone, lacustrine zone

• Amixis zone, meromixis zone, holomixis zone

What is the method used for stream order classification?

• The Shelford method

• The Liebig method

• The Strahler method

• The Lotka-Volterra method

The science of inland waters both lentic and lotic habitats, focuses on the structural and functional interrelationship of organisms with all factors (physical, chemical, and biological) that influence living populations in these dynamic environment, refer to:

• Ecology

• Topography

• Oceanography

• Limnology

What is the layer that forms the density barrier during thermal stratification?

• Hypolimnion

• Epilimnion

• Metalimnion

• Mixolimnion

Mixing twice annually during spring and fall turnover is best described as

• Polymictic lake

• Dimictic lake

• Oligomictic lake

• Monomictic lake

Which temperature profile will be found during summer

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