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Wetlands
Marine Organisms
Zones
Pot Luck
Completion
100
TRUE or FALSE - Increasing runoff is an important function of the wetlands
What is FALSE?
100
Free swimming organisms
What is nekton?
100
Life is diverse and abundant
What is littoral zone?
100
Estuaries receive nutrients from these two sources
What is rivers, oceans?
100
As rivers run down a mountain, they become _________, ____________, and wider
What is slower, warmer?
200
Two types of freshwater wetlands
What is marshes, swamps?
200
Mussels, worms, barnacles
What is benthos?
200
Water is cool and dark
What is benthic?
200
These are found on flat, poorly drained land
What is swamps?
200
Sewage and ________________ ( 2 words ) are the greatest threats to ocean ecosystems
What is algal blooms?
300
Dominated by trees with stilt like root systems
What is mangrove swamp?
300
Coral reefs are rock like structures formed by
What is calcium carbonate?
300
This cannot occur in the deep ocean due to lack of sunlight
What is photosynthesis?
300
Wetland where freshwater and salt water are present
What is estruaries?
300
Most coastal pollution in the Untited States is caused by industrial waste and _____________
What is sewage?
400
Land periodically covered with water and extremely low salinity
What is freshwater wetland?
400
Majority of marine organisms are found in
What is shallow, coastal waters?
400
Region of shallow water near the shores of lakes and oceans
What is littoral zone?
400
Long, thin island than runs parallel to the shore
What is barrier island?
400
A brackish marsh has the highest level of _______
What is salinity?
500
Coastal land covered by salt water much of the time
What is coastal wetland?
500
This organism produces most of food in aquatic ecosystem
What is phytoplankton?
500
These three factors determine which zone an organism lives
What is temperature, amount of sunlight, amount of nutrients?
500
Marine ecosystem dominated by grasses
What is salt marsh?
500
Oil spills, sewage, pesticides are all dangerous to this fragile aquatic ecosystem
What is coral reefs?