Water Biomes
The __________________ factors in water biomes are:
– Amount of _________ (salinity)
– Amount of ______________ ______________
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NAME:_____________________
DATE:__________
PERIOD:_____
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2 Types of Water Biomes
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____________ and _______________
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____________ and ______________
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Seashores (__________ areas)
Freshwater Biomes
__________________ contains little or no salt, so it has a________ ________________.
______________ freshwater = rivers and streams
• Streams
– The ______________ a stream flows the ______________ the amount of dissolved
_______________ in it.
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___________ water flows = ____________
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The ________ that live in streams are _______________ to fast moving water
Rivers
– Water moves ___________ in a river and __________ settles on the bottom.
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Because of this, rivers tend to have _______ ______________ and ______ dissolved oxygen.
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________ Freshwater = lakes and ponds
• Ponds
– Small, __________ bodies of water
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Sunlight _______________ all the way to the ______________
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Most completely __________ with __________ material
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Very ________ amount of _______________
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Lakes
– ______________ and ___________ than ponds
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________ growth is _______________ to the shoreline
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Sunlight does _______ _____________ to the bottom= ___ __________after a certain depth!
Saltwater Biomes
_________________ are microscopic________, plants, and other organisms that float on the surface of water
biomes.
They need ____________ to _______________.
___________________ are important _______________ in water biomes. They are the __________step in
many aquatic ____________ chains
About ____ % of the water on Earth has a ______ concentration of________. (High salinity)
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Estuaries (______________)
– Area where a ___________ meets an _____________
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_____ of salt and _____________
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Located near________________, border land
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Extremely _____________
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_______________ levels are _____________ than _______ salt and freshwater
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Ex: _________________ ______
Seashores
– _________ have a huge _________________ on life here
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_________________ ZONE- portion of the shoreline that is ______________ with water at
________ _______ and _____________ to the air at ____ __________.
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Intertidal ________
• Can be ___________ or _________
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Small fish, clams, crabs, other mussels are _____________in the
_________ POOLS during ____ tide
Oceans
– Can be ____________ into __ life zones
Photic
zone
1. ___________ zone- above 200 meters
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___________ penetrates
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Made up of the _____________ & ______________ zones
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________ life and _____________ life is _______________
2. _____________ zone- below 200 meters
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Sunlight _________ _____ penetrate
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There are ____ plants
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Animal life is _________ _______________
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Many of the denizens of the ________ ocean have a special
____________________ known as __________________________.