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Organisms
Water zones
Biodiversity
Distribution and Productivity
Factoids
100
A group of invertebrates including snails, octopi and squid
What are Mulluscs
100
The top zone that light penetrates
What is the Photic Zone
100
When one of these is removed form an ecosystem, the remaining may suffer and others may thrive.
What is an Organism
100
Rivers and streams have more dissolved ______ than lakes and ponds.
What is oxygen
100
The largest animal on the planet
What is the blue whale
200
Some of these include frogs and salamanders
What is an Amphibian
200
Organisms in this zone have to be able to survive in changing tempature and nutrients
What is the Intertidal Zone
200
Body of water with the littoral, photic and aphotic zones
What is a Lake
200
This decreses the deeper the water
What is Sunlight
200
Examples are shrimp, lobster and crabs, which are all delicious to eat
What are Crustaceans
300
Includes sharks, stingray, trout, seahorses and walleye
What are Fish
300
The zone that has least amount of organisms
What is the Abyssal zone
300
Includes the intertidal, photic, aphotic and abyssal zones
What is an Ocean
300
Oceans and rivers have this that ponds and lakes do not
What is Water Current
300
The layer of water below the Photic Zone
What is the Aphotic Zone
400
Examples would include algae, phytoplankton and bulrushes
What are Plants
400
This zone is an extending shelf of land that light penetrates
What is the Continental Shelf
400
This is an indicator of an ecosystems health
What is Biodiversity
400
This increases the deeper the water
What is Pressure
400
Jellyfish, sea cucumber and starfish are examples of what
What is an Invertebrate
500
These animals live in the littoral zone, the photic zone and the continental shelf, an example would be a seasnake
What are Reptiles
500
The area of water between where the plants stop growing and the edge of the lake
What is the Littoral Zone
500
This zone has no limit other than the earth's crust out of water.
What is the Benthic Zone
500
Lakes and rivers are affected by this more than oceans
What is Temperature
500
Plants provide this for small fish and small fish provide this for larger fish.
What are Nutrients