Fresh Water
What is the salinity range of freshwater ecosystems?
0.0ppt - 0.5ppt
This type of marine organism has a mutualistic relationship to Zooxanthellae algae and is called..?
Coral Reefs
Benthic
Summer time
What does Lotic mean?
Moving water
Bodies of still or stationary water are referred to as...?
Lentic
When saltwater and freshwater mix, what kind of water is created?
brackish
Anglerfish and Chimaera are found in this level of the Ocean
Abyssal Zone
What is ooze?
clay, sediment, and dead organic matter mixed together
A area where freshwater meets salt water of an ocean.
What is an estuary?
This aquatic biome is known to not have any producers
Rivers
Which tidal zone is prone to house barnacles, sea stars, and anemones?
What is marine snow?
dead organic matter
which lake zone is below the limnetic zone, where light can't reach, and photosynthesis cannot take place.
Profundal Zone
____ _____ are an extremely salty & dense aquatic habitats that form an underwater river or lake that do not mix with the surrounding seawater.
Brine Pools
Benthic Zone
Which layer of the Ocean is also known as the Graveyard Zone due to the amount of dead organic matter present?
The Abyssal Zone
In this chemosynthetic habitat, water mixes with chemicals and is heated by magma, then shot out through __________ _______.
Hydrothermal Vents
3% of the earths water comes from these.
What are fresh water biomes?
What does Benthic mean?
Bottom Dwellers
Which freshwater biome is susceptible to temperature changes throughout the seasons?
What is the largest coral reef formation in the world? Where is it?
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
__________________ are organisms such as bacteria, that are able to use chemicals such as hydrogen sulfide or methane to produce sugars as their own food.
Chemoautotrophs
Epipelagic, Mesopelagic (Disphotic), & Abyss
This type of chemosynthetic habitat is where COLD water mixes with chemicals (petroleum) & slowly seeps out of the seafloor.
Cold Sweeps