LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Rivers and Streams are bodies of water that continuously move in a single direction. Both are rapidly changing communities.

Detailed explanation-2: -Freshwater biomes include lakes and ponds (standing water) as well as rivers and streams (flowing water). They also include wetlands. Humans rely on freshwater biomes to provide aquatic resources for drinking water, crop irrigation, sanitation, and industry.

Detailed explanation-3: -Types of freshwater biomes include ponds, lakes, streams, rivers, and even some wetlands. (Wetlands are not always considered freshwater biomes because they usually have too high of a salt content.) Lakes and ponds are considered still water since they do not move very fast.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term lentic (from the Latin lentus, meaning slow or motionless), refers to standing waters such as lakes and ponds (lacustrine), or swamps and marshes (paludal), while lotic (from the Latin lotus, meaning washing), refers to running water (fluvial or fluviatile) habitats such as rivers and streams.