Aquatic Zones Practice (Definitions)

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4 questions

Use this PPT to review the Aquatic life zones that you will be responsible for on your test.

Some life zones such as Estuaries, Mangroves and All Brackish Systems have not been addressed yet. Please pay careful attention to those descriptions.

Match each zone to its correct description.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item

Match the following brackish water zones to its definition.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Estuaries		Standing shallow bodies of brackish water with lots of different types of coastal grasses. Can also be freshwater.
Mangroves (Brackish Swamp)		Body of water where fresh and saltwater mix
Lentic - Brackish Lakes

Draggable item		Corresponding Item

Draggable item		Corresponding Item

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Lentic - Bog		Small channels of moving water
Lentic - Pond: Littoral		Large channels of moving water
Lentic - Swamp		Top zone near shore of a deep body of fresh water where plants grow
Lentic - Fen		Open part of a deep body of fresh water that gets enough light for photosynthesis and rooted plants
Lentic - Lake: Littoral		Deep parts of a deep body of fresh water that no light for photosynthesis
Lentic - Lake: Profundal		Top zone near shore of a shallow body of fresh water where plants grow
Lentic - Lake: Limnetic		Open part of a shallow body of fresh water that gets enough light for photosynthesis and rooted plants
Lentic - Pond: Limnetic		Stagnant very shallow body of fresh water with lots of trees and rotting vegetation
Lotic - Streams		Standing shallow acidic fresh water with floating carpets of sphagnum mosses
Lotic - Rivers		Standing very shallow bodies of fresh water that is somewhat acidic

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Abyssal		The top portion of the ocean that extends down to 200 m that has enough light for producers to do photosynthesis
Supralittoral		The bottom portion of the ocean that extends below 200 m that has does NOT have enough light for producers to do photosynthesis
Photic		Part of the sea floor above the high tide zone that is regularly splashed, but not submerged by ocean water.
Bathyal		Part of the ocean floor between high and low tide. Submerged during high tide.
Littoral		Part of the ocean floor from low tide to the 200m down to the edge of the continental shelf and is permanently submerged under water.
Sublittoral		Bottom floor of the ocean from the edge of the continental shelf to 2,000 m (between sublittoral and Abyssal zone)
Hadal		Bottom floor of the ocean in between Bathyal and Hadal; (2,000-6,000m) Flat abyssal plains
Aphotic		Bottom floor of the ocean in deep open trenches below Abyssal zone (6,000m-10,000m)

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Oceanic		Water part of the ocean from low tide to the 200m down to the edge of the continental shelf and is permanently submerged under water
Hadalpelagic		Water part of the ocean from the beyond the edge of the continental shelf
Neritic		Top 200 m of water part of the ocean that receives enough light for photosynthesis
Epipelagic		Twilight zone/water part of ocean from 200m-1,000m that a little light but not enough for photosynthesis
Bathypelagic		Completely dark water part of ocean from 1,000m-4,000m.
Abyssopelagic		Completely dark water part of the ocean from 4,000m-6,000m
Mesopelagic		Completely dark water part of the ocean from 6,000-11,000

Aquatic Zones Practice (Definitions)

Aquatic Zones Practice (Definitions)

Match the following brackish water zones to its definition.

Match the following freshwater zones to its definition.

Match the following brackish water zones to its definition.

Match the following benthic and light zones to its definition

Match the following pelagic zones to its definition