Aquatic Ecosystems Freshwater

Fill in the blanks from the word bank. Lakes are generally larger and deeper than ponds. Matching Match the word with the correct definition. Decomposers Also aquatic organisms Plankton Are the mass of mostly microscopic organisms that float Wetlands Areas of land that are periodically underwater Three groups of Aquatic organism plankton, nekton and benthos Littoral Zone A shallow zone in Freshwater habitat Benthic Zone Region near the bottom of a pond, lake or ocean. Eutrophication Increase in the amount of nutrients in aquatic ecosystem There are four main types of Freshwater Ecosystems, please pick all that apply. Ponds Lakes Streams Rivers Oceans Please use your notes and the Google slides to complete this sentence (there is a word bank). Freshwater wetlands are areas of land that are covered with fresh water for part of the year.The two main types of freshwater wetlands are marshes and swamps. Marshes contain nonwoody plants, while swamps are dominated by woody plants.Most freshwater wetlands are located in the southeastern United States, with the largest in the Florida Everglades. Aquatic Biomes Freshwater Please view the video and then answer the next question. From the video, please fill in the blanks from the word bank. The congestion of plant bodies in the littoral zone trap sediments carried in by streams and by runoff from the surrounding land further increasing the nutrient content of the zone. Living among the plants of the little rules own are microscopic phytoplankton such as photosynthetic protists bacteria and algae zooplankton such as protozoa and a diversity of animals including small crustaceans insect larvae snails, flatworms, Hydra and other invertebrates along with vertebrates such as frogs, small fish, and aquatic snakes and turtles. To mark a word click its first letter then click its last. DECOMPOSERS LITTORAL PLANKTON BENTHIC RIVERS SWAMP LAKES MARSH PONDS ZONE