Types of Ecosystems
True or false: marine ecosystems contain low salt content.
FALSE!
An area that's saturated with water and supports aquatic plant life is a...?
Wetland
Does freshwater make up a lot or a little of the Earth's water?
A little! Freshwater only accounts for about 2.5% of the Earth's water!
What type of ecosystem makes up the majority of the Earth's water?
Marine
What forms as a barrier along the edges of continents to protect them from eroding shorelines?
Coral reefs
True or false: all freshwater zones are equal in size.
FALSE!
What are the 3 main types of ecosystems?
Freshwater, transitional, and marine
An area that's saturated with water but supports aquatic plants?
A wetland
Give 2 examples of a freshwater body or water
Lake, pond, river, stream, glacier, groundwater, etc.
Is the limnetic zone a part of a marine ecosystem or a freshwater scosystem?
Freshwater
What is an estuary?
An area where a freshwater river or stream meets the ocean.
Name the 3 freshwater zones
Littoral, limnetic, profundal
Give 1-2 examples of a transitional aquatic ecosystem.
Marshes, bogs, swamps
How is it possible for a large lake and a small lake to contain similar numbers of living organisms?
The sizes of the littoral and limnetic zones can be similar in size while the profundal zones can vary in size. Few living organisms are found in the profundal zone.
Give 2 characteristics of slow moving freshwater
Less oxygen, more nutrients, accumulated sediment, organic materials, stagnant water, etc.