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Mo1-L3: Key Concept Organizer


                Direction: Answer each question or respond to each statement in the space provided.



                                                      Aquatic Ecosystems

                1. How is an aquatic
                ecosystem different
                from a land ecosystem?


                2. What are the abiotic
                factors in an aquatic
                ecosystem?

                3. Give an example of an
                adaptation that enables an
                organism to live in an
                aquatic ecosystem.


                4. What are the four types
                of aquatic ecosystems?




                5. Define salinity.


                6. Put the following in order
                of salinity from lowest to
                highest: ocean, freshwater,
                estuary.


                 Mo1-L3: Key Concept Check


                Direction: Complete the Venn diagram below by writing features of ponds on the left and lakes on the
                           right. Write what they have in common in the center.



                                      1. PONDS             2.BOTH                3.LAKES































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