AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Freshwater biomes include ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers, and are a vital source of drinking water. Ponds and lakes are natural bodies of standing water.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lakes and Ponds represent a freshwater biome type that is generally referred to in the scientific community as a lentic ecosystem (still or standing waters). Scientists that study lakes and ponds are known as limnologists.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and wetlands are all freshwater biomes, which differ in depth, water movement, and other abiotic factors.

Detailed explanation-4: -Freshwater biomes have water that contains little or no salt. They include standing and running freshwater biomes. Standing freshwater biomes include ponds and lakes. Lakes are generally bigger and deeper than ponds.