Coastal inlet or bays where saltwater meets fresh water.
What are estuaries?
100
Salt marshes usually smell bad because of of deteriorating animal and plant ________.
What is matter?
100
Short gnarled trees, that grow well in brackish water.
What are mangrove trees?
100
The amount of salt in water is referred to as this.
What is salinity?
100
They release drops of mucus around the edges of their shells.
What are Limpets?
200
Water found in estuaries is described as this, (partly salty, partly fresh).
What is brackish?
200
This plant is the most common plant in a salt marsh.
What is Cordgrass?
200
Where can most Mangrove forests be found.
What is Florida?
200
In tide pools 3 things can change very fast; salinity, the amount of water, and _______. Organisms living within the environment to be very adaptive to survive in this environment.
What is temperature?
200
This type of algae, lets you know where the highest high tide line exists.
What is Blackline algae?
300
One of the largest estuaries on the east coast.
What is the Chesapeake Bay?
300
Many animals not only feed but also _________ before they go out into the rougher unprotected ocean.
What is hatch?
300
Because the roots of the Mangrove tree trap sediment and break up wind, they protect the shores from these.
What are hurricanes?
300
This creature crawls very slowly along the bottom of the tide pool using rows of tiny suction cups.
What is a sea star?
300
The closing of their shells allows these creatures to capture water to hold during dry times.
What are barnacles?
400
Rivers and streams typically are the causes of this in estuaries.
What is pollution?
400
These typically run through the salt marshes.
What are tide channels?
400
Mangrove trees have this type of root.
What is a prop root?
400
This creature folds up into a round blob when waiting for the tide to come back and bring with it a fresh supply of plankton.
What is a sea anemone?
400
This area along the rocks is never completely covered by the water.
What is the spray zone?
500
Estuaries can be found in abundance as far north as this state.
What is Massachusets?
500
Many ocean birds like the heron can be found eating these creatures during the low tide of the the salt marsh.
What are crabs?
500
The trees help create these, which protect many young animals.
What are nurseries?
500
This creature uses its spines to dig into the sandy bottom during heavy surf.
What is a sea urchin?
500
The rocky shore can be found in this type of zone meaning "between tides".