Describe environmental variation in intertidal zones.

Q: How does disturbance effect the diversity of a marine community, particularly in intertidal…

A: Disturbances might get generated by abiotic forces such as weather or may be as a result of biotic…

Q: Recognize the differences between the pelagic and benthic divisions of the ocean.

A: The pelagic zone alludes to the water segment, where swimming and coasting animals live. The benthic…

Q: Distinguish between freshwater wetlands and estuaries, and between flowing water standing water…

A: Freshwater wetland: They are wet most of the times and connected to ponds, lakes or streams.…

Q: What are sources of organic matter indeep-sea sediments that could be used tosupport growth?

A: Organic matter refers to biological material released in the process of decaying and decomposing. It…

Q: Compare the characteristics and biological importance of major freshwater ecosystems.

A: For life and survival living and non-living components interact with each other. Two major aquatic…

Q: Describe the biological environment of the sea.

A: Around 71% of the surface of the earth is covered by water. This area forms the marine/ sea/ salt…

Q: Compare and contrast the chemistry of marine ecosystems to freshwater ecosystems.

A: Ecosystem: The term Ecosystem was given by "A.G. Tansley". It is defined as the interaction between…

Q: List the factors that determine the distribution of biomes.

A: Biomes are mainly groups of related or similar ecosystems that enclose a broad domain. Biomes are…

Q: Identify the two major abiotic factors that determine the type of terrestrial biome in an area

A: Ecology is a subject that deals with the study of communication and interactions of organisms with…

Q: If the rocky, sandy, or muddy intertidal zones represent such a challenging mix of environmental…

A: Different types of ecosystem has different types of fundamental keys to them. Each factor plays an…

Q: Describe the conditions and challenges facing organisms living in the intertidal zone.

A: The intertidal zone also known as the littoral zone or as the foreshore and seashore is the area…

Q: Explain the important environmental factors that affect aquatic ecosystems.

A: The natural ecosystem operates itself with the help of natural conditions without any interference…

Q: Where does the food come from to supply organisms living on the deepocean floor? How does this…

A: Ecosystem is the complex hierarchical system that involves the interaction of the biotic and abiotic…

Q: true or false  Sea level is higher during an ice age than an interglacial.

A: Interglacial period is that warm period which occurs in between the glacial (frozen period) periods.…

Q: What major ecosystem and economic services areprovided by marine systems? What are the threemajor…

A: Since we only answer up to 3 sub-parts, we’ll answer the first 3. Please resubmit the question and…

Q: The primary producers of the deep sea hydrothermal vent ecosystem are what?

A: The hot springs in the ocean floor which are formed in the areas with high tectonic activities like…

Q: Describe two recently recognized sources of organic nitrogen in the open ocean

A: Air is composed of almost 80% nitrogen. They are usually present as inert nitrogen gas. Several…

Q: Describe the following biomes:

A: A huge group of plants and animals that inhabits a certain area. Grassland, tundra, desert, tropical…

Q: Discuss the role of microorganisms in climatic change

A: Microbes are essentially the unicellular microorganisms like bacteria and fungi. We often consider…

Q: Wetlands support a wide variety of organisms, also known as

A: Wetlands are defined as "regions of marshland, fen, bog, or water, whether natural or manmade,…

Q: what major ecological and economic services provide by marine system?

A: Step 1 An ecosystem is a self-sustained and self-regulated segment of nature or landscape where…

Q: dredging

A: Dredging impacts marine organisms negatively through entrainment, habitat degradation, noise,…

Q: Describe major types of marine ecosystems

A: An ecosystem can be defined as a functional unit of nature, where living organisms interact among…

Q: Which marine and lake biotic zone is associated with bottom feeders and high levels of…

A: Ecology is the study of interaction of organisms with one another and with the environment. Ecology…

Q: Explain why detritivores,decomposers and omnivores are not assigned trophic levels.

A: A trophic level refers to the position of an organism in a food chain. The position is determined by…

Q: is the rate of seafloor spreading farly constant? how do you know

A: Seafloor spreads at the mid-oceanic ridge due to volcanic activity, as a result, divergent boundary…

Q: Describe the differences between the microbial communities found in a deep, stratified lake with…

A: Answer: Introduction: Scientists have given the survival approaches of microbes present in rocks…

Q: Which part of the intertidal zone has the greatest biomass (amount of living organisms)?

A: The intertidal zone is the area where the ocean meets the land between high and low tides.…

Q: Give a pair of sedimentary type of biogeochemical cycle.

A: Biogeochemical cycle is any of natural pathways through which vital elements of living matter are…

Q: What are the typical vegetation and the typical fauna of the tundras?

A: A biome basically refers to the common community of plants and animals that share similar…

Q: xplain what leads to thermal stratification in temperate lakes.

A: From late spring some lakes experience a phenomenon where lakes separate into three distinct layers…

Q: Explain why extritivores, decomposers and omnivores are not assigned tropical level

A: The word ‘trophic level’ refers to ‘feeding level’. The various steps in a food chain at which the…

Q: What are the different ocean zones? And mention each characteristics

A: The ocean encompasses more than 70% of the Earth's total surface area and contains nearly all of its…

Q: Describe the structure of aquatic ecosystems.

A: The surface of water bodies such as lakes, rivers, ponds oceans, etc. differ in size, geographic…

Q: When was the last time sea surface temperatures were below the 20th century average?

A: INTRODUCTION The average sea surface temperature in 20th century was 56.8F

Q: Describe briefly the vegetation of Tundra biome

A: Tundra is mainly treeless regions of the Arctic region and at mountain tops. These regions have very…

Q: What are the main physical resources and limitations of rocky intertidal zones? How do they define…

A: The area between the lowest tide marks and highest tide marks is known as intertidal zone. The…

Q: What are the characteristics of aquatic biomes?

A: The aquatic biome is the largest of all the biomes, covering about seventy five percentage of…

Q: Compare the impact of abiotic forces on aquatic and terrestrial environments

A: Biotic factors (sometimes referred to as biotic components) are the living elements of an ecosystem.…

Q: Examples of biotic factors inculde

A: Ecosystem is made up of biotic and abiotic factors.

Q: Summarize the characteristics of standing water and flowing water freshwater biomes

A: Ecology is the branch of science that deals with the interaction of organisms and also with the…

Q: Identify physical, geographic, and chemical aspects of the marine environment

A: Marine habitat is habiTate which is supports Marine Life. Marine water is essential factor for…

Q: process by which clastic sedimentary rock forms.

A: Clastic sedimentary rocks are those rocks that are biological detritus (geological in nature),…