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Aquatic Biomes

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Streams Salinity/Flow

Back (Answer)

zero/fast

#2
Front (Question)

Streams Biota

Back (Answer)

very small fish, pollution-intolerant macro invertebrate indicator species

#3
Front (Question)

Streams Relative Productivity

Back (Answer)

High

#4
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Streams Harmful Human Activity

Back (Answer)

Pollution, damming, deforestation, fishing, and introducing exotic species

#5
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Rivers Salinity/Flow

Back (Answer)

zero/medium

#6
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Rivers Biota

Back (Answer)

trout, salmon (high o2), catfish (low o2)

#7
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Rivers Depth Zone

Back (Answer)

fast (high o2), slower (low o2)

#8
Front (Question)

Rivers Productivity

Back (Answer)

low

#9
Front (Question)

Rivers Harmful Human Activity

Back (Answer)

logging, urbanization building

#10
Front (Question)

Ponds/ FW Lake Salinity/Flow

Back (Answer)

zero/still

#11
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Ponds/ FW Lake Biota

Back (Answer)

variable freshwater fish and plants, turtles, frogs; algae

#12
Front (Question)

Ponds/ FW Lake Depth Zone

Back (Answer)

Littoral (shallow; emergent plants), Limnetic (open water), benthic (bottom), Profundal (below limnetic, no light

#13
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Ponds/ FW Lake Productivity

Back (Answer)

Low = oligotrophic, high = eutrophic

#14
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Ponds/ FW Lake Harmful Human Activity

Back (Answer)

Water withdrawl for human usage

#15
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Wetland (swamp, marsh, bog) Salinity/Flow

Back (Answer)

zero to very low/still

#16
Front (Question)

Wetland (swamp, marsh, bog) Biota

Back (Answer)

baby fish, birds, insects; emergent plants and trees

#17
Front (Question)

Wetland (swamp, marsh, bog) Productivity

Back (Answer)

Very high- filtration, flood/erosion prevention, nurseries

#18
Front (Question)

Wetland (swamp, marsh, bog) Harmful Human Activity

Back (Answer)

Pollution, polluted runoff, invasive species, water drainage

#19
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Open Ocean Salinity/Flow

Back (Answer)

35ppt/currents and gyres (variable)

#20
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Open Ocean Biota

Back (Answer)

phytoplankton; large fish, mammals

#21
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Open Ocean Depth Zone

Back (Answer)

Photic (ligt), aphotic (no light), benthic (seafloor)

#22
Front (Question)

Open Ocean Productivity

Back (Answer)

Medium

#23
Front (Question)

Open Ocean Harmful Human Activity

Back (Answer)

Habitat destruction, oil spills, noise and plastic pollution, overfishing

#24
Front (Question)

Salt Marsh/ Estuary Salinity/Flow

Back (Answer)

Brackish water (between 0.5-35ppt)