Aquatic Biomes

Question 1

Seaweed

Answer 1

Form on algae that grow in the sea. Grow along rocky shorelines around the world

Question 2

Decomposers

Answer 2

Organism that breaks down organic material such as dead organisms

Question 3

Scavengers

Answer 3

Animals that consume dead organisms that have died from other means than predation

Question 4

Diversity

Answer 4

The state of being diverse

Question 5

tides

Answer 5

the alternate rising and falling of the sea

Question 6

Symbiotic

Answer 6

involving interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association

Question 7

Filter feeders

Answer 7

Subgroup of animals that feed by straining suspended matter from water

Question 8

intertidal

Answer 8

the area above water during low tide and under water at high tide

Question 9

Coral reef

Answer 9

underwater ecosystem characterized by reef building corals

Question 10

photosynthesis

Answer 10

process in which green plants turn light energy into chemical energy

Question 11

algae

Answer 11

diverse group of aquatic organisms that have the ability to conduct photosynthesis

Question 12

plankton

Answer 12

diverse group of organisms that are unable to propel themselves forward against currents

Question 13

estuary

Answer 13

tidal mouth of a large river, where the tides meets the stream

Question 14

spawning

Answer 14

release or deposit of eggs from a fish, frog, mollusc or crustacean

Question 15

wetlands

Answer 15

ecosystem flooded with water where oxygen free processes prevail

Question 16

filter

Answer 16

a device for removing impurities