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9th ENV Chapter 7.1 OUTLINE

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SALINITY FRESH WATER MARINE   The types of organisms in an aquatic ecosystem are mainly determined by the waters _______. As a result, aquatic ecosystems are divided into ________ and _______ ecosystems.  
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FRESHWATER   _________ ecosystems include ponds, lakes, streams, rivers, and wetlands.  
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WETLANDS   _______ are areas of land that are periodically under water or whose soil contains a great deal of moisture.  
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NUTRIENTS   Factors such as temperature, sunlight, oxygen, and __________ determine which organisms live in which area of the water.  
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GROUPED   Aquatic ecosystems contains several types of organisms that are _________ by there location and by there adaptation.  
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AQUATIC   Three groups _______ organisms include plankton, nekton, and benthos.  
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PLANKTON   _________ are the mass of mostly microscopic organisms that float or drift freely in the water, and can be microscopic animals called zooplankton or microscopic plants or algae called phytoplankton.  
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NEKTON   ______ are all organisms that swim actively in open water, independent of currents.  
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BENTHOS   ___________ are bottom-dwelling organisms of the sea or ocean attached to hard surfaces.  
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DECOMPOSERS   ___________ are also aquatic organisms.  
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NATURALLY   Lakes, ponds, and wetlands can form ___________ where groundwater reaches the Earths surface.  
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ARTIFICIAL   Humans intentionally create ____________ lakes by damming flowing rivers and streams to use them for power, irrigation, water storage, and receration.  
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ZONES   Lakes and ponds can be structured into horizontal and vertical ____. The types of organisms present depend on the amount of sunlight available.  
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LITTORAL ZONE   The ___________ _____ is a shallow zone in a freshwater habitat where light reaches the bottom and nutrients plants. Aquatic life is diverse and abundant.  
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MUD   Some plants hare rooted in the ___ underwater with their upper leaves and stems above water.Other plants have floating leaves.  
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ALGAE   In open water, plants, _______, and some bacteria capture solar energy to make their own food during photosynthesis.  
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DEEP   Some bodies of fresh water have areas so ____ that there is too little for photosynthesis.  
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BACTERIA   ______ live in the deep areas of freshwater. Fish adapted to cooler, darker water also live there.  
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BENTHIC ZONE   Eventually, dead and decaying organisms reach the benthis zone. The _____________________ __________________ _is the region near the bottom of a pond, lake , or ocean which is inhabit ed by composers, insect larvae, and clams.  
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ADAPTATIONS   Animals that live in lakes and ponds nhave _______________ that help them obtain what they need to survive.  
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BEETLES   For example, water______________ beetles use the hairs under their bodies to trap surface air so that they can breathe during their dives for food,  
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BURROW   And, in regions where lakes partially freeze in the winter, amphibians _________ partway into the mud to hibernate.  
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EUTROPHICATION   _______________ is an increase in the amount of nutrients, such as nitrites, in an aquatic ecosystem.  
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GROW   As the amount of plants and algae ___, the number of bacteria feeding on the decaying organisms also grow.  
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LARGE   A lake that has ______ amounts of plants growth due to nutrients is known as a eutrophic lake.  
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LONG   Lakes naturally become eutrophic over a ____ period of time.  
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WASTE   However, eutrophication can be accelerated by runoff, such as rain, that can carry sewage, fertilizers, or animal _____ from land into bodies of water.  
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FRESH WATER   __________ wetlands are areas of land that are covered with fresh water for part of the year.  
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MARSHES SWAMPS   The two main types of freshwater wetlands are ________ and _______. Marshes contain non-woody plants, while swamps are dominated by woody plants.  
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FLORIDA   Most freshwater wetlands are located in the southeastern United states, with the largest in the _________ Everglades.  
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FILTERS   Wetlands perform several important environmental functions. Wetlands act like ________ or sponges that absorb and remove pollutants from the water. They also control flooding by absorbing extra water when rivers overflow.  
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WILDFIRES   These areas provide a home for native and migratory ________________ in addition to feeding and spawning for many freshwater game fish.  
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LITTLE   Freshwater marshes tend to occur on low, flat lands and have __________ water movement.  
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SHALLOW   In _________ waters, plants root themselves in the rich bottom sediments while their leaves stick out above the surface of the water year-round.  
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SALINITY   There are several kinds of marshes, each which is characterized by its __________. Brackish marshes have slightly salty water, while salt marshes contain saltier water.  
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BENTHIC   The __________ zones of marshes are nutrient rich and contain plants, numerous types of decomposers, and scavengers.  
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MARSHES   __________ also attract migratory birds from temperature and tropical habitats.  
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SWAMPS   ___________ occur on flat, poorly drained land, often near streams and are dominated by woody shrubs or water loving trees.  
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MOISTURE   Freshwater swamps are the ideal habitat for amphibians because of the continuous ___________. Birds are also attracted to hollow trees near or over the water.  
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REPTILES   _________ are the predators of the swamp, eating almost any organism that crosses their path.  
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INSECTS   Wetlands were previously considered to be wastelands that provide breeding grounds for ______ carrying insects.  
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DRAINED   As a result, many have been _________, filled, and cleared for farms or residential and commercial development.  
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