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Internet Investigation:
Aquatic Ecosystem Exploration
FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM EXPLORATION
The following questions will require you to search various
websites on the Internet. A suggestion would be to use a search
engine (ex. Google) to find these answers! Good luck in your
freshwater Internet scavenger hunt!
1) Lakes are classified by the way they were formed. George Hutchinson
described 76 different types of lakes. A brief list can be found at the
following website:
http://www.epa.gov/watertrain/ecology/p8b.html
Please select two, and write the type and the formation process below:
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2-
Are these lake types found in Pennsylvania?
2) Describe the differences between a riffle, run and pool.
3) What are the functional differences between lakes and streams?
Lakes
Streams
4) Write seven specific examples of lotic ecosystems.
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5) How many miles of flowing water are there in the U.S.?
6) Do ALL lentic systems have fresh water? Explain!
7) What source supplies the greatest amount of freshwater?
8) What is limnology?
9) What/where is the:
…deepest lake in the world?
…largest lake in the world?
….largest waterfall in the world?
….location with the most precipitation?
…longest river system in the world?
MARINE ECOSYSTEM EXPLORATION
The following questions will require you to search various
websites on the Internet. A suggestion would be to use a search
engine (ex. Google) to find these answers! Good luck in your
saltwater Internet scavenger hunt!
1) Why are oceans salty?
2) What is the saltiest water body on the Earth?
3) What is El Nino?
4) What is “NOAA”?
5) What is the deepest point found in the oceans?
6) Please explain a thermocline.
7) Please visit the following website:
http://www.mbayaq.org/lc/activities.asp
Scroll down the right-hand column and select the activity
entitled “Explore the Kelp Forest”.
8) Please visit the following website to access videos showing
hydrothermal vent communities living at the ocean bottom:
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/geology/video.html
ESTUARY ECOSYSTEM EXPLORATION
1) At the following website:
http://www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/kids/
please visit the three circular, icons called “Take a Tour”,
“About Estuaries”, and “Solve a Mystery”.
Please visit the following website:
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/about.htm
On the interactive picture (Bay at a Glance), click on four icons
of your choice and describe them in the table provided below:
AQUATIC BIOLOGY
Please complete the following table. You will be searching for
plants and animals that inhabit certain aquatic ecosystems.
PLANT
NAME
POND/
LAKE
RIVER/
STREAM
WETLAND
ESTUARY
CORAL
REEF
OPEN
OCEAN
(PELAGIC)
MAMMAL REPTILE AMPHIBIAN
FISH
ARTHROPOD
EXAMPLE EXAMPLE EXAMPLE EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Locate some state, federal, and regional agencies/organizations
on the Internet that are tied to water in some way.
REGIONAL-
STATE-
FEDERAL-
WHEN THE PREVIOUS ACTIVITES ARE COMPLETED,
CONTINUE TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES:
http://www.wateraid.org/uk/learn_zone/games/soozhal/default.asp
http://www.epa.gov/region5/students/ecosystems.htm
http://www2.seattle.gov/util/waterbusters/
http://www.fcwa.org/story_of_water/html/story.htm
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/games/watergame.html
http://www.boatingsidekicks.com/fishiq/fishiqquiz.htm