Aquatic Habitats Answers

Which of the following is a man-made aquatic habitat?a.lakeb.reservoirc.streamd.pond

Less than 0.1% of the energy in a food chain generally makes it from the sun to decomposers.

If a stationary body of water has a constant temperature from top to bottom it is most likely a(n) _______.a.lakeb.pondc.oceand.lagoon

Which marine habitats would have the least access to primary producers?a.salt marshes and estuariesb.coral reefs and lagoonsc.mangroves and intertidal zonesd.deep sea and sea floor

Which habitat would have the least variation in its salinity?a.salt marshb.mangrove forestc.laked.estuary

Which of the following explains the inversion of the aquatic pyramid of biomass?a.high phytoplankton turnover rateb.slow aquatic predator metabolismsc.small number of aquatic consumersd.high energy content of phytoplankton

Which of the following aquatic environments would not freeze in winter?a.lakeb.pondc.salt marshd.stream

Which of the following are not extremophiles?a.Pompeii wormsb.bacteria in boiling hot springsc.fish living in open oceansd.fish living in water below freezing

Which is not a similarity between terrestrial and aquatic pyramids? a.both have producers as the base that can harvest the sun’s energy to make foodb.both types still consist of producers, herbivores, and carnivoresc.both types of energy pyramids contain the same species of organismsd.both types contain a decreasing number of organisms going from the bottom to the top of the pyramid

The variability in marine salinity between habitats does not impact the fish living there.