Name that biome! 2

Question 1

Light:

-decreases the deeper it goes

Answer 1

Open ocean

Question 2

Light:

-grow only in surface waters(lots of light)

Answer 2

Kelp forests and coral reefs

Question 3

Light:

• highly variable at high tide this is apparent turbidity in sediments
• art low tide there is full light intensity

Answer 3

Intertidal zones

Question 4

Light:

• highly variable
• full sunlight at low tide
• limited sunlight at high tide due to turbine

Answer 4

Estuaries, salt marshes, and mangrow forests

Question 5

Light:

-heavenly dependent on: riparian sone, stream with and turbot a

Answer 5

Rivers and streams

Question 6

Temperature:

-decreases the deeper it goes

Answer 6

Open ocean

Question 7

Temp:

• help kelp forests restricted to colder waters
• corral reefs restricted to warm water tropics

Answer 7

Kelp forests and coral reefs

Question 8

Temp:

• dependent on latitude
• varies with air exposure

Answer 8

Intertidal zones

Question 9

Temp:

-dependent on latitudes even and ocean current

Answer 9

Estuaries, salt marshes, and mangrove forests

Question 10

Temp:

• varies daily and seasonally
• stratification is rare but can happen in ore pools
• influenced by gorundwater

Answer 10

Rivers and streams

Question 11

Water movement(WM):
-gyres and upwelling due to Coriolanus effect

Answer 11

Open ocean

Question 12

WM:

-continuously washed by ocean currents (brings oxygen nutrient s and removes waste products)

Answer 12

Kelp forests and corral reefs

Question 13

WM:
-two main types of tidal systems

• semidurnal tides: two low tides and two high tides per day
• diurnal: 1 low tide and 1 high tide per day

Answer 13

Intertidal zones

Question 14

WM:
-carries ocean water in during high tide
—carries ocean water out during low tide

Answer 14

Estuaries, salt marshes, and mangrove forests

Question 15

• considered a logical system: meaning water is moving vs. lentic ecosystems in which water is relatively still such as ponds and lakes
• unidirectional flow-some acceptions with eddies, backwaters and removing some format he florid megssas
• unidirectional flow: such as hitler and stalked because it is strongly inlfluenced strongly influenced by duddent velocity andfemperature

Answer 15

Rivers and streams

Question 16

Salinity:

• highly variable(influenced by climate: precipitation, evaporation and freshwater coming in
• 34-35 ppt

Answer 16

Open ocean

Question 17

Salinity:

• kelp forests tolerate salinity
• coral reefs need stable salinity (lethal salinity is 27ppt)

Answer 17

Kelp forests and corral reefs

Question 18

Salinity:

• can be very high due to evaporation
• can be very low due to heavy rains int he tropics

Answer 18

Intertidal zones

Question 19

Salinity:

-obviously affects salinity

Answer 19

Estuaries, salt marshes and mangrove forests

Question 20

Salinity:

• very low: picked up form surrounding soils and surface flow
• exception: some desert streams

Answer 20

Rivers and streams

Question 21

Oxygen:

• highest near surface
• decreases with depth reaching a min around 100m then increases again to the bottom
• some have anoxic deep water(due to no upwelling)

Answer 21

Open ocean

Question 22

Oxygen:

-well oxygenated water due to constantly changing incoming ocean currents

Answer 22

Help forests and coral reefs

Question 23

Oxygen:

• zone can impact the distribution of biota
• exposed to air vs. submerged many adaptions for exposure to atmosphere
• wave action brings in fresh oxygen

Answer 23

Intertidal zones

Question 24

Oxygen:

• benthic zone is typically anoxic
• usually does not meet the atmosphere due to the tides moving in and out of the surface
• high decomposition rates
• dependent on how photosynthesis occurs
• high turbititiy=low oxygen levels

Answer 24

Estuaries, salt marshes, and mangroves

Question 25

Oxygen:

• unpolluted water flowing is usually near saturation
• strongly influenced by current velocity and temperature

Answer 25

Rivers and streams

Question 26

Organisms:

• Epipelagic zone: phytoplankton and zooplankton
• darker zones: angler fish, comb jelly etc.

Answer 26

Open ocean

Question 27

Organisms:

-one of the most diverse aquatic ecosystems on the planet

Answer 27

Kelp forests and coral reefs

Question 28

Organisms:

-physical zones create zonation of species

Answer 28

Intertidal zone

Question 29

Organisms:

• distinct species art each zone
• mangroves
• grasses and rushes

Answer 29

Estuaries, salt maershes, and mangrove forests

Question 30

Organisms:

• fish and other macro invertebrates
• bugs

Answer 30

Rivers and streams