Aquatic Biome - mindbender quiz
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- Q1The health and integrity of rivers and streams depend upon keeping the ___ ___ regime for region ___.benthic zone, intactlentic zone, areawetted zone, togethernatural flow, intact60s
- Q2The temperature of rivers closely tracks ___ temperature but does not reach the extremes of ___ habitats.air, caveland, aquaticriver, benthicair, terrestrial60s
- Q3Depth dimension of a river/stream consists of water ___, water ___, and ___ zone.surface, column, benthictop, middle, bottomlayers, salinity, benthicepi, meta, hypo60s
- Q4Width dimension of a river/Stream consists of ___ and ___ channels.lentic, loticwetted, activewetted, loticactive, aquatic60s
- Q5Length dimension of a river/stream consists of ___, ___, ___, and ___.lentic, lotic, benthic, limneticpools, rapids, riffles, runspools, rapids, ripples, runsripples, stagnant, flowing, lentic60s
- Q6Rivers and streams vary along ___ spatial dimensions. Name the dimensions.3, width, depth, salinity2, length, depth2, length, width3, length, width, depth60s
- Q7Name three of the major rivers (there are 19).Missouri, Mississippi, ColoradoMissouri, Nemaha, PlatteMississippi, Colorado, NemahaNile, Amazon, Rio Grande60s
- Q8Lake color is influenced by many factors but especially by lake ___ and ___ activity.plants and animalschemical and biologicalorganisms and biologicalpH and salinity60s
- Q9In the metalimnion or thermocline, the temperature of the water changes substantially. How substantial?1 degree Celsius per meter of depth10 degree Celsius per meter of depth1 degree per depth1 degree Celsius per meter of width60s
- Q10The open part of the lake is known as the ___ ___.limnetic zonelentic zonebenthic zonelotic zone60s
- Q11The shallowest waters along the lakeshore, where rooted aquatic plants may grow, is called the ___ ___.lentic zonelotic zonelittoral zonebenthic zone60s
- Q12What are the three layers of a stratified lake named?Epilimnion, metalimnion, hypolimnionepilimnion, metalimnion, hyperlimnionepidermis, metlimnion, hypertensionepilimnion, metamorphic, hydroshpere60s
- Q13Microscopic animals that swim or drift near the surface of aquatic environments are known as ...zooplanktonmicroorganismszoonoticaquabugs60s
- Q14What is the word for the movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surface?uplandchurningupdwellingupwelling60s
- Q15Coral reefs are generally one of three types: ___ reefs, ___ reefs, and ___.fringing, barrier, trollsfringing, barrier, atollsfringing, barred, atoolsfrying, barrier, atolls60s