
Aquatic Biomes
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Science
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9th Grade
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Easy
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Amber Moreland
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34 Slides • 20 Questions
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a limiting factor in water biomes?
Amount of salt (salinity)
Temperature
Wind speed
Soil type
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a limiting factor in water biomes?
Amount of salt (salinity)
Amount of dissolved oxygen
Sunlight
Temperature
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Multiple Choice
How can excessive amounts of dissolved salt in water impact the environment?
It can affect agriculture, drinking water supplies, and ecosystem health.
It increases the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.
It makes water more acidic.
It reduces the amount of sunlight reaching aquatic plants.
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes salinity?
The amount of dissolved salts in a body of water, typically expressed as parts per thousand.
The amount of oxygen dissolved in water.
A measure of how acidic or basic a substance is.
The amount of sunlight received by water.
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Multiple Select
Which of the following factors are influenced by sunlight in aquatic environments?
Drives ocean currents
Influences water temperature
Influences salinity
All of the above
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Fill in the Blanks
pH is measured on a scale of
Type answer...
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Multiple Choice
How does the speed of water flow in a stream affect the amount of dissolved oxygen present?
Faster water flow increases dissolved oxygen.
Faster water flow decreases dissolved oxygen.
Water flow speed has no effect on dissolved oxygen.
Slower water flow increases dissolved oxygen.
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Rivers tend to have more
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Multiple Select
Which of the following are characteristics of ponds?
Small, shallow bodies of water
Sunlight penetrates to the bottom
Completely filled with plant material
Very low amount of nutrients
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about lakes is true?
Lakes are shallower than ponds.
Plant growth occurs throughout the entire lake.
Sunlight penetrates to the bottom of all lakes.
Larger lakes are deeper than ponds.
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Multiple Choice
What is a defining characteristic of wetlands?
Water covers the soil all year or for varying periods
They are always dry
They are only found in deserts
They never support plant growth
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Multiple Select
Which of the following are true about phytoplankton?
They are important producers in water biomes.
They are the first step in many aquatic food chains.
They are large aquatic animals.
They live only in saltwater biomes.
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Multiple Choice
What percentage of the water on Earth has a high concentration of salt?
50%
75%
95%
25%
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Multiple Select
Which of the following organisms can be found in tidal pools during low tide?
Small fish
Clams
Crabs
Frogs
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of an estuary mentioned in the slides?
Savannah River
Carolina Bay
Mississippi River
Amazon River
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Multiple Choice
Areas of land where the ground is covered by water
Deserts
Mountains
Wetlands
Plateaus
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Match
Photic
Aphotic
Benthic
The portion of water that the light can penetrate.
The portion of water that light CANNOT penetrate.
Bottom of a body of water.
The portion of water that the light can penetrate.
The portion of water that light CANNOT penetrate.
Bottom of a body of water.
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Fill in the Blanks
7 on the pH scale is
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Multiple Choice
Where coral and fish live
Midnight Zone
Aphotic Zone
Ocean floor
Photic Zone
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Multiple Choice
Wetland dominated by small trees and woody shrubs
benthic zone
glade
marsh
swamp
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