Ponds and Lakes

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Ponds and Lakes

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What is a pond? A Lake? How are they different?
A lake is a large body of fresh water. A pond is
a body of water thats shallow enough to support
rooted plants. A lake is bigger than a pond and
some lakes are big enough to produce waves.
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What is pond succession?
Four stages
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Oxbow Lakes
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What are the five largest lakes in the world?
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The Five Longest Rivers in the World
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The Great Lakes
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What is algae?
Algae isnt plants, animals or fungi and theyre
photosynthetic creatures. Algae is the scum
found in ponds and they are
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Animals of Ponds and Lakes
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Platypus
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A spectacled caimans range is Venezuela to
Southern Amazon Basin and its habitat is slow
still waters, lakes, and swamps. The scientific
name for it is caiman crocodilus and its diet is
small mammals. Also its an endangered species.
The size of a spectacled caiman is 1.5-2 m (5-6 ½
ft).
Spectacled Caiman
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Great White Pelican
The great white pelicans diet is fish and its
class is AvesBirds. Its size is 140-175 cm
(55-69 in). The pelicans habitat is inland lakes
and marshes and its range is southeastern Europe,
Asia, and Africa. The scientific name for it is
pelecanus onocrotalus.
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Glossary
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