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Name___________________________________________ Date__________________ Class___________________

Study Guide Aquatic Ecosystems

In your textbook, read about aquatic ecosystems.


Complete the table by filling in the missing information.

Type of Aquatic Ecosystem Description of Aquatic Ecosystem


Freshwater 1. Ponds lakes streams rivers wet lands

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Study Guide Aquatic Ecosystems

2. transitional where land and water or salt water and freshwater intermingle; includes
wetlands and estuaries; does not look like a stream, a pond, or an ocean

3. Marine 4. Oceans defined by depth and distance from shore includes


Interdial zone

In your textbook, read about lakes and ponds.

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Study Guide Aquatic Ecosystems

Complete the graphic organizer about the zones of lakes and ponds. Use these choices:
limnetic zone littoral zone profundal zone

Zone of lakes
and ponds

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7. PROFUNDAL ZONE
5. ________LINMETIC
__________ :
ZONE ___________ :
the area closest to the deepest area of a
the shore large lake; cold; low
in oxygen
6. ________LITTORIAL
ZONE ___________ :
the open water areas
that are well lit and
dominated by plankton

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