Natural Aquatic Habitats: Lakes and Rivers Quiz

Test your new knowledge about lake and river habitats with this self-scored quiz.

Select the answer that is correct.

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1. Which is an example of photosynthesis?

A fern turning sunlight into food

A racoon eating plants or other animals

Worms and other animals that do not have backbones

Fungi, bacteria, and insects breaking down wastes and dead organisms

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2. Which is an example of a consumer in a lake or river?

Zooplankton and phytoplankton

Manatees, otters, and fish

Mushrooms, bacteria, insects

Trees, aquatic plants, and ferns

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3. How do aquatic animals get the oxygen they need to live?

From large animals eating smaller animals

From decaying waste and dead organisms

From photosynthesis

All of the above

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4. What are phytoplankton?

They are vertebrates.

They are invertebrates.

They are microscopic insects.

They are microscopic plants.

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5. Why is good water quality important to food chains?

It increases the number and kinds of animals.

It increases algae.

It allows animals to play in the water.

It changes the chemicals in the water.

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6. Consumers are living things that get their energy by eating other plants and animals. Which of the following are consumers?

Dragonflies

Manatees

Otter

All of the above

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7. How are macroinvertebrates used by scientists?

Used as bait

Caught and counted to check for water quality

Eaten for lunch or dinner

Used to attract larger fish for checking fish populations

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8. Which of the following is not a function that underwater plants provide?

Providing shelter and places for animals to hide

Putting oxygen back into the water

Being eaten as food

Removing hydrogen from the water

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9. An ecosystem is a _______ of natural of living things that interact with each other and with nonliving parts of the environment.

community

neighborhood

area

region

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10. Macroinvertebrates are animals backbones that can be seen with .

with, the naked eye

without, a microscope

with, a microscope

without, the naked eye

Natural Aquatic Habitats: Lakes and Rivers Quiz

Test your new knowledge about lake and river habitats with this self-scored quiz.

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* 1. Which is an example of photosynthesis?

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* 2. Which is an example of a consumer in a lake or river?

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* 3. How do aquatic animals get the oxygen they need to live?

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* 4. What are phytoplankton?

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* 5. Why is good water quality important to food chains?

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* 6. Consumers are living things that get their energy by eating other plants and animals. Which of the following are consumers?

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* 7. How are macroinvertebrates used by scientists?

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* 8. Which of the following is not a function that underwater plants provide?

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* 9. An ecosystem is a _______ of natural of living things that interact with each other and with nonliving parts of the environment.

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* 10. Macroinvertebrates are animals ______ backbones that can be seen with ______.

1. Which is an example of photosynthesis?

2. Which is an example of a consumer in a lake or river?

3. How do aquatic animals get the oxygen they need to live?

4. What are phytoplankton?

5. Why is good water quality important to food chains?

6. Consumers are living things that get their energy by eating other plants and animals. Which of the following are consumers?

7. How are macroinvertebrates used by scientists?

8. Which of the following is not a function that underwater plants provide?

9. An ecosystem is a _______ of natural of living things that interact with each other and with nonliving parts of the environment.

10. Macroinvertebrates are animals backbones that can be seen with .