Chapter 3: Life In Water Flashcards
Over ___% of earths surface is covered by unevenly distributed water
70
Oceans contain ____
97% of that water
Les than ____% is fresh water in lakes and rivers
1%
Most freshwater is found where
Glaciers and ice fields
Reservoirs
Places where water is stored for some period of time
Hydrologic cycle
Exchanges water along reservoirs
What powers the hydrologic cycle?
Solar energy
Turnover time
Time required for the entire volume of a particular reservoir to be renewed
Aquatic environment biology corresponds to variations in:
Light
Temperature
Water movement
And chemical factors
To live in water. Animals need to
Use gills
Store oxygen for long time
Transport oxygen to tissues
Water flows from
Areas of low solute concentrations to those of higher solute concentration
Oceans
Largest aquatic environments on the plant that occupy 70% of earths surface
5 oceans
Arctic Atlantic Indian Pacific Southern
Oceans can be divided into
Horizontal and vertical zones
Horizontal zone
Littoral zone
Neritic zone
Oceanic zone
Littoral zone
Shallow shoreline affected by tides