Vocabulary
Marine
Freshwater
Coral Reefs
Estuaries
100
A large body of salt water that covers the Earth
What is an ocean?
100
There is about one cup of this per gallon of water in the ocean
What is salt?
100
You can find these bodies of freshwater in this biome
What are lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams
100
Reefs are typically found here
What is clear, tropical oceans
100
This is an adaptation plants need in order to survive in estuaries
What is being able to live in salt water?
200
a fan-shaped mass of mud and other sediment that forms where a river enters a large body of water
What is a delta?
200
This is how many zones are in the ocean
What is 3?
200
These help plants stay anchored in faster rivers
What are roots?
200
This is the source of energy for the coral reef biome
What is the sun?
200
Name a type of bird from the reading found in estuaries
What is Blue Heron, Great Egret?
300
a coastal body of water where fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean
What is an estuary?
300
This type of plant is probably the most important in any aquatic biome - especially marine
What is algae?
300
This is one adaptation of animals in this biome so the animals can hold on to the rocks
What is suction-cup like structures?
300
Name two animals that live on the coral reefs
What are sea urchins, sponges, sea stars, worms, fish, sharks, rays, lobster, shrimp, octopus, snails?
300
This is one way humans have harmed estuaries
What is building homes that destroy them?
400
an area of land where there is water on the surface or where the soil is completely filled with water for at least part of the year
What is a wetland?
400
Most marine animals have this to help keep them warm in colder water
What is blubber?
400
This is produced as water flows through a dam
What is electricity?
400
This is a way to help conserve coral reefs
What is don't pour chemicals down the drain and conserve water?
400
This is one way estuaries benefit the environment
What is protecting from storms, filtering river water, and maintain fish populations?
500
all of the water on, under, and above the Earth
What is the hydrosphere?
500
Name two ways man is negatively affecting the marine biomes
Unsustainable fishing practices, pollution, oil spills, and depletion of resources
500
These provide critical habitat for tons of plants and animals, help clean our water, control floods, and provide food for humans
What are wetlands?
500
This is the most abundant animal on coral reefs
What is the polyp (coral)?
500
This is how you know the different birds eat different foods
What is they have different lengths of bills?
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