Characteristic of Aqutic Ecosystems
Lakes and Ponds
Wetlands (Marshes and Swamps)
Rivers
Misc.
100
What is a wetland?
an area of land that is periodically underwater or whose soil contains a great deal of moisture
100
What are the 2 zones of lakes and ponds?
What is littoral and benthos
100
What differentiates marshes from swamps?
What is non-woody plants
100
What does a river start?
What is mountian.
100
What is my last name?
What is May
200
What are benthos?
What is bottom dwelling organisms
200
What is the littoral zone?
What is where sunlight can reach the bottom
200
What do wetlands do to pollutants?
What is filter them
200
How does water differ from the top of the mountain to the bottom
What is cools down, oxygen decrease
200
Where are most swamps and marshes found?
What is southeast US
300
What are plankton? Name both the animal and plant types.
What is organisms that are microscopic and float. Zooplankton and phytoplankton.
300
What is eutrophication?
What is increase in nutrients
300
What do wetlands control?
What is flooding
300
What do rivers change with?
What is land and climate
300
What were wetlands thought of originally?
What is wastelands
400
What do nekton do?
What is swim freely
400
How do plants grow in a lake or pond?
What is rooted and floating leaves
400
What are the benthic zones of a marsh like?
What is nutrient rich
400
What do pollutants do to the water and fish?
What is toxify river and inedible fish
400
What are swamps dominated by?
What is woody plants
500
What factors determine which area an organism lives in the water? List 3.
What is temperature, sunlight, oxygen, nutrients
500
How does nutrients effect a lake?
What is increase in bacteria = decrease in oxygen = death to all water loving organisms
500
Why do amphibians like swamps?
What is constant moisture
500
What is one adaptation to living in a river?
What is whiskers, bushy gills, things to help hold on
500
What types of wildlife use wetlands?
What is native/migratory birds
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