(34.6 - 34.7) Ecology + Biosphere - Aquatic Biomes

Question 1

Biomes

Answer 1

a major type of ecological association that occupies a broad geographic region of land or water and is characterized by organisms adapted to the particular environment

Question 2

How many types of biomes are there?

Answer 2

2

Question 3

What are the 2 types of biomes?

Answer 3

1) Terrestrial Biomes
2) Aquatic Biomes

Question 4

Aquatic Biomes

Answer 4

water biomes that are differentiated by sakt water concentration and light penetration

Question 5

What are the aquatic biomes

Answer 5

lakes, wetlands, streams and rivers, estuaries, intertidal zones, ocean pelagic zone, coral reef, marine benthic zone

Question 6

What is the largest Biome

Answer 6

Aquatic Biomes

Question 7

Are Aquatic Biomes diverse

Answer 7

no

Question 8

How many parts is the ocean made of?

Answer 8

5

Question 9

What are the 5 parts of an ocean

Answer 9

1) Photic zone
2) Aphotic Zone
3) Pelagic Zone
4) Abyssal Zone
5) Benthic Zone

Question 10

Pelagic Realm

Answer 10

depth of ocean (from surface to bottom ) this includes the Photic and Aphotic zones

Question 11

How many zones is the Pelagic Realm split into

Answer 11

2

Question 12

What are the 2 zones the Pelagic Realm is split into

Answer 12

Photic Zone
Aphotic Zone

Question 13

Benthic Realm

Answer 13

bottom of any aquatic biome

Question 14

What are organisms that live in the Benthic Realm called

Answer 14

benthos

Question 15

Photic Zone

Answer 15

the part of the Pelagic Realm where light penetrates

Question 16

What is the only place in the ocean where photosynthesis can occur?

Answer 16

Photic Zone

Question 17

What is the first part of the Pelagic Realm

Answer 17

Photic Zone

Question 18

Aphotic Zone

Answer 18

the part of the pelagic realm where light does not reach

Question 19

How do organisms that live in the aphotic zone survive

Answer 19

by eating chemoautotrophs or dead organisms from the photc zone

Question 20

Continental Shelf

Answer 20

where water is covering the edge of a continent

Question 21

Intertidal Zone

Answer 21

zones in which organisms are sometimes in water, sometimes in air

Question 22

What organisms live in intertidal zones

Answer 22

mollusks, snails, starfish, clam, etc.

Question 23

Coral Reef is a(n) ____

Answer 23

animal

Question 24

what is a coral reef based on

Answer 24

calcium deposits

Question 25

What is the temperature of Coral reefs

Answer 25

generally warm

Question 26

Are Coral Reefs diverse

Answer 26

yes SUPERRRR

Question 27

are Coral Reefs in shallow or deep water

Answer 27

shallow

Question 28

Is a Coral Reef a Biome

Answer 28

yes

Question 29

Where are coral reefs located?

Answer 29

in the photic zone of tropical waters above continental shelves

Question 30

What is the base of a coral reef

Answer 30

cindarians that secrete a hard external skeleton and algae crusted with calcium carbonate

Question 31

Wetlands

Answer 31

zones that are either submerged in water or completely submerged

Question 32

How many types of wetlands are there

Answer 32

2

Question 33

What are the 2 types of wetlands

Answer 33

Marine Wetlands and Freshwater wetlands

Question 34

Estuary

Answer 34

where fresh water meets salt water

Question 35

Are estuaries diverse

Answer 35

yes

Question 36

Estuaries are a ______ for birds and fish

Answer 36

breeding ground

Question 37

Freshwater biomes

Answer 37

standing fresh-water biomes

Question 38

how many types of freshwater biomes are there

Answer 38

2

Question 39

what are the two types of freshwater biomes

Answer 39

standing water and flowing water

Question 40

what is more nutrient filled deep freshwater biomes or shallow freshwater biomes

Answer 40

shallow

Question 41

what is more diverse deep freshwater biomes or shallow freshwater biomes

Answer 41

shallow

Question 42

what has more oxygen deep freshwater biomes or shallow freshwater biomes

Answer 42

deep

Question 43

what has more photic zone deep freshwater biomes or shallow freshwater biomes

Answer 43

shallow

Question 44

How many types of standing freshwater biomes are there

Answer 44

2

Question 45

What are the two types of standing freshwater biomes

Answer 45

ponds and lakes

Question 46

how many Moving freshwater biomes are there

Answer 46

2

Question 47

what are the 2 moving freshwater biomes

Answer 47

streams and rivers

Question 48

Moving Freshwater Biomes have a salt concentration _____ 1%

Answer 48

less than

Question 49

Do rivers have alot of diversity why or why not

Answer 49

no bc they move fast

Question 50

faster water = ______ diversity

Answer 50

less

Question 51

Fresh Water Wetlands

Answer 51

soil that is always at least slightly submerged in water

Question 52

Are streams diverse

Answer 52

no

Question 53

Do fresh water wetlands have a lot of diversity/nutrients

Answer 53

yes

Question 54

thermocline

Answer 54

the transition layer between the warmer mixed water at the surface and the cooler deep water below

Question 55

lake

Answer 55

bodies of fresh water entirely surrounded by land

Question 56

what are the different types of lakes

Answer 56

oligotrophic and eutrophic

Question 57

Oligotrophic Lakes

Answer 57

clear, deep, cold lakes with a small amount of big fish --> lower productivity

Question 58

Eutrophic Lakes

Answer 58

a lake with high nutrient levels, low clarity and very productive

Question 59

littoral zone

Answer 59

the area where the water meets the land -- like the sloping area

Question 60

limnetic zone

Answer 60

part of lake that is penetrated by light

Question 61

do intertidal zones have a lot of organisms

Answer 61

no bc its hard for organisms to have to survive in both air and water

Question 62

what Is the biggest biome (amongst terrestrial and aquatic)

Answer 62

ocean pelagic zone

Question 63

do ocean pelagic zones have a lot of organisms

Answer 63

ya

Question 64

temp of Marine benthic zone

Answer 64

rly cold