Name: Caluttong, Evangeline V. Course,Yr. & Sec.

_________________ Date: _________

I. Directions:
1.1
Write A if the first statement is true.
B if the second statement is true.
C if both A and B are true.
D if both A and B are false.
1.2
Justify your answer. If either the first or the second statement or both of these statements are
false, underline the word that made the statement/s false then write the correct word to make it true.
(2pts)

_______ 1. A. Coral reefs grow only in waters with fairly stable salinity.

B. Periphytons are free-floating, microscopic, chlorophyll-containing organisms found in the ocean.

_______ 2. A. The shallowest waters along the lake shore, where rooted aquatic plants may grow, is called the
limnetic zone.

B. The wetland at the edge of an estuary or ocean, where water meets the land, is called the pelagic
zone.

_______ 3. A. Diatoms, green algae, and dinoflagellates belongs to zooplanktons.

B. The pelagic zone supports communities dominated by highly motile animals such as fishes, squids
and marine mammals.

_______ 4. A. Intertidal zones vary from the mudflats and salt marshes of estuaries to wave-splashed rocky or
sandy beaches.

B. The photic zone is a relatively small portion of ocean water and bottom into which light penetrates
and in which photosynthesis occurs.

_______ 5. A. Well-mixed lakes of low biological production, which are called euthrophic, are nearly always
oxygenated.

B. Purse seining is done when the net is dragged over the seabed by two long warps extending from
the towing vessels.

_______ 6. A. Depending on the depth and light penetration, the benthic community consists of attached algae,
fungi, bacteria, sponges, burrowing worms, clams and crabs.

B. During warm season, below the thermocline are the cold dark waters of the epilimnion.
_______ 7. A. Nitrogen and phosphorus are the nutrients that usually limit the amount of neustons growth in a
lake or pond.

B. At the great depths of the ocean is the pelagic zone wherein organisms rely on a continous rain of
organic matter from the euphotic zone.

_______ 8. A. Lake Superior is the seventh largest and the deepest lake in the world.

B. In lentic systems, most of the photosyntheis is done by plants attached to the substrate.

_______ 9. A. Lentic ecosystem exhibits vertical gradients in light, temperature and dissolved gases.

B. Planktons serves as primary, secondary and tertiary consumers in the aquatic ecosystem.

_______ 10. A. Photosynthetic bacteria live near the hydrothermal vents due to large amounts of hydrogen sulfide.

B. The prop roots of red mangroves provide a complex habitat for a high diversity of marine fish and
invertebrates.

II. Answer the following questions: (5pts each item)

1. Explain the transformation of corral reefs from fringing, to barrier and finally to atoll reef.

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2. Differentiate authocthonous and allochthonous energy sources.

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3. Describe the five groups of organisms found in any aquatic ecosystem.

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4. What is coral bleaching? Give three reasons of coral bleaching.

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5. Distinguish how the red and black mangroves survive in highly saline water?

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6. Why photosynthesis balances with respiration in the compensation point?

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7. What is an estuary? Give three (3) importance of estuary.

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8. Explain salt-wedge, partially mixed and completely mixed estuary.

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