ECOSYSTEMS IXL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A

ECOSYSTEMS IXL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A bathyal zone Located in deep ocean territory with an average temperature of 39 degrees F. permanent darkness, only small amount of light, the creatures that live there are energy efficient- slow metabolic rate, weak muscles, soft skin and slimy bodies. intertidal zone daily flooding and draining of seawater, rich in nutrients and has many organisms. tide pools, caves and sea stacks are this zone cold desert small amount of rain or snow, dry, thin soil and long, cold winters tropical rain forest year-round rain and warm temperatures, soil that is poor in nutrients and many different types of organisms prairie grassland has hot summers and cool winters with a medium amount of rain and soil that is rich in nutrients abyssal zone the bottom of the ocean and has no sunlight. It has many unusual sea-life creatures that crawl or stick to the ground standing-freshwater ecosystem has water that stays mostly still and low in salt. It also often has more oxygen near the surface marsh ecosystem has low-standing water throughout the year, grasses and a few trees, and the soil is rich in nutrients swamp ecosystem a type of wetland that is covered mostly with trees and shrubs, mangroves filter the swamp's water and provide homes for many organisms neritic zone part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, where the greatest concentration of marine life exists-very fragile, cradle of life on earth estuary system combines fresh and saltwater areas- lagoons, river mouths, and tidal creeks; a dynamic ecosystem with a connection with the open sea through which the sea water enters with the rhythm of the tides temperate deciduous forest warm, wet summers and cold, wet winters. The soil is rich in nutrients, however, only a few types of trees hot desert ecosystem water evaporation is greater than the rainfall due to the extreme heat; dry, thin soil yet many different types of organisms can survive tundra cold, dry, rocky, and has permafrost, or soil that is frozen year-round. It has many small plants and few animals Taiga many evergreen trees although soil is poor in nutrients. It also has long, cold winters and short, cool summers savanna grassland covered in grasses but has poor soil, and has a dry season and a wet season; different warm climate animals live running freshwater water that stays mostly still and low in salt. It also often has more oxygen near the surface than at the bottom-has organisms swimming or that attach themselves to the many rocks;