Water basics
The approximate percentage (%) of Earth's surface that is covered by water
Salmon and trout
What is a river? [can accept any example of flowing water or any variation of moving water]
Name 2 examples of standing water
Answers could include: lakes, ponds, wetlands [can accept wetland examples]
Name 2 examples of wetlands
Answers could include: swamps, marshes, prairie potholes, bogs
Name 2 examples of flowing water
Answers could include: rivers, streams, creeks, and brooks
Name the 2 types of aquatic biomes? (Note: these are not specific examples)
What is freshwater and saltwater? [cannot accept 'ocean' over saltwater]
Organisms with hooks or suckers to grab onto plants or rocks
What is a river? [can accept any example of flowing water or any variation of moving water]
What is the photic zone? [can accept just 'photic']
The largest wetlands in the United States
What are the everglades?
Type of river that has little to no curves (young, mature)
What is young?
The approximate percentage (%) of water that is fresh water
What is 3%?
The zone of a lake/pond in which you would find phytoplankton
What is the photic zone? [can accept just 'photic']
The only standing water biome that CAN have an aphotic zone
What is a lake?
The type of wetland biome that must be found entirely inland
What are bogs?
Sedimentation and erosion cause rivers and streams to do this
Waters that are saltier than freshwater, but less salty than oceans. This is largely in part to them being located where freshwater and saltwater mix.
What are brackish [waters]?
The zone of a lake/pond in which you would find mussels and snails
What is the benthic zone? [can accept just 'benthic']
The bottom zone in lakes and ponds otherwise known as the floor
What is the benthic zone? [can accept just 'benthic']
The wetlands biome in which the water contains no oxygen
What are marshes?
The part of a river that has faster, colder waters
What are headwaters?
The term defining the amount of dissolved salts in water
What is salinity?
Migratory waterfowl
What are wetlands? [can also accept an example of wetlands]
The standing water biome that may be seasonal
What are ponds?
What is the Swamp Lands Act of 1849?
Name 2 reasons why damming a river could be harmful
Answers include: organisms may not be able to survive in a standing water environment & disrupts breeding grounds