Aquatic Biomes/Communities

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Aquatic Biomes/Communities

• By Penny Knox
• Pierce County Middle School
• and Jessie Moreau
• Gwinnett County Public Schools

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7th Grade Life ScienceHigh School Biology

• S7L4e Describe the characteristics of Earths
  major terrestrial biomes (i.e., tropical rain
  forest, savanna, temperate , desert, taiga,
  tundra, and mountain) and aquatic communities
  (i.e., freshwater, estuaries, and marine)
• SB4a Investigate the relationships among
  organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems,
  and biomes.

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Freshwater Biome
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What is a freshwater biome?

• Mountain streamsrunning
• water down the mountain
• Cold, clear water
• Rapidly flowing water

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What is a freshwater biome?

• Rivers
• Streams merge together to create rivers

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What is a freshwater biome?

• Green algae grows
• Fish, turtles, frogs, insects live here

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What is a freshwater biome?

• Ponds lakesstill water
• Green algae phytoplankton
• Insects, snakes, fish, turtles, and frogs live
  here

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Marine biome
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What is a marine biome?

• Saltwater biome
• Largest biome on Earth

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What is a marine biome?

• Oceans
• Seas

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What is a marine biome?

• Coastal Ocean
• Rocky sandy shores/beaches
• Seaweed/Kelp
• Crabs clams

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What is a marine biome?

• Open Ocean
• Water is colder than the coastal ocean
• Many kinds of fish and aquatic mammals

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What is a marine biome?

• Deep Sea
• Much colder darker than the upper ocean
• Plankton, sponges, starfish

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What is a marine biome?

• Abyssal Zone
• Extremely cold
• No sunlight totally dark
• Glow in the dark fish and marine creatures

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What is a marine biome?

• Coral Reef
• Warm, shallow water
• Barriers along continents
• Coral, sea stars, octopus

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Estuary biome
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What is an estuary?

• Where the fresh water of a river meets the
  saltwater of the ocean

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What is an estuary?

• Change between freshwater biome and marine biome

• Marshes
• Wetlands

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What is an estuary?

• Nurseries of
• the sea
• Coastal Rivers

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What animals live in an estuary?

• Seagulls
• Crabs
• Turtles
• Fish

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Print slide and cut out pictures to use for
matching or for answering questions about the
aquatic biomes.
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Print slide and cut out pictures to use for
matching or for answering questions about the
aquatic biomes.
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Print slide and cut out pictures to use for
matching or for answering questions about the
aquatic biomes.
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Print slide and cut out pictures to use for
matching or for answering questions about the
aquatic biomes.