Marine
Freshwater
Estuary
Swamps and Marshes
Ocean Zones
Aquatic (write this across the
top or bottom of your chart)
 Means: anything to do with water
Marine
•All of Earth’s
bodies of salt
water
•Can you name
our oceans?
location
 70% of Earth’s surface
 Oceans
 Salt Lakes
 estuary
Zones- from shallow to deep
 Intertidal Zone
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Where ocean meets land
High wave energy
Few plants- algae, phytoplankton
Animals- shorebirds, worms, snails,
crabs- burrowers
 Neritic Zone
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Just beyond intertidal
Light reaches bottom
Plants- seaweed, phytoplankton
Animals- fish, sea turtles, squid, coral,
jellyfish, grouper
Zones Oceanic Zone-Deep ocean
 Dark at bottom- no sun past 200 m
 Most cold and dark
 Plants- none at depths and no
photosynthesis
 Animals- marine mammals, lg fish,
sharks
 Benthic Zone- bottom
 Just above ocean floor
 Dark/cold
 Sea stars, worms, sponges,
Other Facts/Info?
Estuary
 Located where saltwater
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meets freshwater
Mix of fresh and salt water
Inlet, lagoon, harbor,
saltmarsh
Act as nursery and buffer
to mainland
Plants- algaes, marsh
grasses, mangrove trees
Animals- crabs, fish,
shrimp, oysters, clams,
water birds
Freshwater
 Lake- larger, longer lasting, fed
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by rivers or springs
Ponds- smaller, can be
temporary
Rivers- moving, change as go
along, mouth, headwater
Streams- smaller than rivers
but same idea as rivers
Plants- cattails, mosses,
Animals- insects (larvae), bass,
water birds, otter, amphibians,
frogs, turtles
Wetlands
 Areas that are covered by water
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at least part of the year
Cross between terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems
Marsh, swamp, bog
Temporary or permanent
Plants- cypress, grasses,
cattails, water lillies, pitcher
plants
Animals- alligators, wading
birds, fish, snakes, turtles,
frogs