Aquatic Biome Stations:
1. US Estuaries
a. Link to http://water.epa.gov/type/oceb/nep/index.cfm and click on the tab NEP overview.
Using the map of NEP locations provided, sketch and label on your map of the United States 8
US estuaries. Include the San Francisco estuary, Puget Sound, and add in the Chesapeake Bay
(outside of Washington DC).
b. Using this link, http://water.epa.gov/type/watersheds/whatis.cfm , describe what a watershed
is.
c. Looking at http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/estuary/?ar_a=1
, identify 3 characteristics of estuaries.
d. Identify 2 environmental problems and 2 economic problems that humans have caused in our
estuaries.
e. Using the Internet, find one current event on US Estuaries and write a 3-4 sentence summary of
it.
2. Coral Reef
a. Using a map from http://coris.noaa.gov/about/what_are/ sketch and label on your map of the
world where the 5 major regions of coral reefs exist.
b. Describe what coral is.
c. Using http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_bleach.html , explain why coral can turn white
(coral bleaching).
d. Identify 2 environmental problems and 2 economic problems that humans have caused in our
coral reefs.
e. Using the Internet, find one current event on Coral Reefs and write a 3-4 sentence summary of
it.
3. Lakes
a. In the space provided, sketch a picture of the layers of a lake, including littoral zone, limnetic
zone, Profundal Zone, and Benthic zone.
b. Fill in the double bubble map comparing and contrasting an oligotrophic lake to a eutrophic
lake. Underneath the double bubble map, explain what cultural eutrophication is.
c. Aral Sea
i. Look at the pictures of the Aral Sea in the link below:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/aral_sea.php . Sketch the
Aral Sea in 2000 and in 2013.
ii. Watch the youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbSkRS8Ih7o Explain
what happened to the Aral Sea.
iii. What impact do you think this had on the organisms that live in the Aral Sea?
4. Open Ocean
a. Sketch the layers and areas of the open ocean including Euphotic Zone, Bathyal Zone, Abyssal
Zone, and Salt Marshes.
b. Look at the National Geographic article: The Spill http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/10/gulf-oil-spill/bourne-text . What are 3
environmental and 3 economic consequences of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
c.
What is your opinion of the spill? Do you think we should continue drilling for oil in the gulf?
Should we increase our regulations? Explain your answer. Using the Internet, find one current
event on Coral Reefs and write a 3-4 sentence summary of it.
APES – Chapter 6
1.
a.
Name: ________________
United States Estuaries
b. Watershed: __________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
c. Estuaries
1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________
d.
Environmental Problems
Economic Problems
e. Current Event:
Citations
2.
Coral Reefs
b. Coral: ______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
c. Coral Bleaching: _____________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
d.
Environmental Problems
Economic Problems
e. Current Event:
Citation
3.
a.
Lakes
Page 137. Sketch the layers of the lakes.
b.
Oligotrophic
Eutrophic
Cultural Eutrophication: _________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
c.Aral Sea
2000
What happened?
Effects on organisms?
4.
Open Ocean
Draw the layers of the ocean.
b.
2013
Environmental Problems
c. Your opinion:
d. Current Event:
Citation
Economic Problems