aquatic biomes

Question 1

seaweed

Answer 1

long algae growing in the sea or on the rocks below the high water mark

Question 2

decomposers

Answer 2

an organism(soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate) that decomposes material

Question 3

scavenger

Answer 3

animals that feed on dead plant or animal material

Question 4

symbiotic

Answer 4

involving interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association

Question 5

filter-feeding

Answer 5

feeding by filtering out plankton or nutrients suspended in the water

Question 6

coral reef

Answer 6

a ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral

Question 7

photosynthesis

Answer 7

the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.

Question 8

algae

Answer 8

a simple, non-flowering, and typically aquatic plant of a large group that includes the seaweeds and many single-celled forms. Algae contain chlorophyll but lack true stems, roots, leaves, and vascular tissue.

Question 9

plankton

Answer 9

the small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water. Many animals feed on plankton

Question 10

estuary

Answer 10

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

Question 11

spawning

Answer 11

release or deposit eggs(fish, frog, mollusc, crustacean)

Question 12

wetland

Answer 12

land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land.

Question 13

filter

Answer 13

a device for removing impurities or solid particles when a liquid or gas passes through it.

Question 14

intertidal

Answer 14

the area of a seashore which is covered at high tide and uncovered at low tide.