| Frehswater Ecosystems | Plankton, Nekton or Benthos | Wetlands | Rivers and Streams | Random |
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What is a river?
The Missouri is an example of this ecosystem.
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What is Nekton?
Great White Shark
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What is a Salt Marsh?
A saltwater wetland with grasses only is called this.
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What is a mouth?
This is where the river enters a lake, bay, ocean or sea.
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What is the Ogallala Aquifer?
We live on top of this aquifer.
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What is a stream?
This type of freshwater ecosystem that, together, collects to form a river. A smaller form of a river.
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What is Benthos?
Sit on the bottom like a clam.
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What are swamps?
A wetland with trees are called this.
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What is the river mouth?
The oxygen content is lowest.
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What is Pollution
Dumping toxins or putting trash into a river is called this.
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What are lakes?
Mormon, Suchs, LE Ray and Windmill are all ___________.
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What is Plankton?
Drifting Algae, or blue green algae, diatoms
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What are mangroves?
Marine swamps contain this type of tree mostly.
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What is a delta ?
The mixture of mud or silt and rocks that is deposited at the mouth of a river form these.
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What is the area where sunlight reaches the bottom of a pond?
Define Littoral Zone
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What is a pond?
Similar to a lake but much smaller.
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What is Benthos?
Worm living in mud
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What is: provide air (breathe) & keep salt out of the tree?
One function of mangrove tree roots.
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What is the source of the river?
The water moves fastest here
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What is an estuary?
This is where a river enters saltwater.
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What are swamps and marshes?
The 2 types of freshwater wetland
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What is zooplankton?
A Lion's Mane Jellyfish
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What is: limit erosion, reduce flooding, absorb pollutants, act as a nursery area?
Name 3 ecological functions of wetlands
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What is erosion?
How waterfalls form.
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What is higher than 7, the higher the number the more basic the substance is?
The pH scale goes from 0-14, what is a strong base or alkaline substance.
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