Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is wrong.
___1. Salinity is the amount of salt in water.
___ 2. Mangrove forests serve as breeding grounds for organisms in estuaries.
___ 3. An estuary is a place where the freshwater from the river mixes with the saltwater from the sea.
___ 4. Biotic factors are the non-living components in an ecosystem.
____5. Abiotic factors that greatly affect organisms in estuaries include waves, salinity, temperature, amount of sunlight, and type of soil.
____6. The intertidal zone is known as the area where land meets the sea, between high and low tide zones.
____7. All plants and animals cannot survive in salt water.
____8. Temperature in an intertidal zone change because of the tides and amount of sunlight.
____9. The different types of soils in an intertidal zone have an effect on the kind of living organisms that lives on it.
____ 10. Intertidal zones are covered with water during low tide.
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1.T
2.T
3.F
4.T
5.F
6.F
7.T
8.F
9.F
10.T
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