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What are the two type of aquatic ecosystems?
marine and freshwater
What factors influence aquatic ecosystems?
salinity, depth, water flow, light level
What are the types of water flow?
standing and flowing
What are examples of freshwater ecosystems?
rivers, ponds, lakes...
What are examples of marine ecosystems?
ocean, sea
what aquatic ecosystem receives abundant light?
freshwater
What producers live in a marine ecosystem?
phytoplankton and algae
What is an example of a consumer in a marine ecosystem?
marine mammals, coral, zooplankton...
What are the decomposers in a marine ecosystem?
fungi, bacteria..
How deep can light penetrate in a marine ecosystem?
200 meters
What zone do most of the producers and consumers live in?
coastal zone
Zone where there is no light.
the deepest zone
What is an ecological balance?
Where living things coexist and interact with the environment with few changes
earthquakes, and tsunamis are example of...
natural disasters that disrupt the ecological balance
An ecological imbalance that breaks the food chains and webs are...
diseases and plagues
What can affect the populations of other animals and plants
changes to population
