Maps
What is the ocean that brings salt water into Long Island Sound?
Atlantic Ocean
What are periwinkle predators?
Sea stars, birds, humans, crabs.
What is the top of a wave crest?
The crest.
What are the four tidal zones?
Splash zone, high tide zone, mid tide zone, low tide zone.
What are the two types of water in Long Island Sound?
Salt and Fresh
What states border Long Island Sound?
New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York.
How do snails eat?
They use their radula.
What is the bottom of a wave called?
Trough
How many times do the tides go in and out every day?
Four
What are the different habitats near Long Island Sound?
Marsh, Sandy Beach, Rocky Tidal Zone, and Deep Water.
In what two areas of the United States is Long Island Sound located?
North and East
What color are Jingle Shells?
Sulfur yellow, copper red, silvery gray or black.
What waves go up and down?
Transverse
Is the splash zone ever covered by water?
Yes- only during a flood.
How was Long Island Sound formed?
By a glacier.
What two states span Long island Sound?
New. York to Rhode Island
How big do Green Crabs get?
5-7 centimeters
What is the distance between two waves?
Wavelength
Name 4 creatures you can find in a tide pool?
Silverside, mummichog, snails, asian shore crabs, green crab.
What is the type of water in Long Island Sound called?
Brackish. It is an Estuary.
What are the 4 rivers in Connecticut that bring fresh water into Long Island Sound?
Thames, Connecticut, Quinnipiac, Housatonic.
How many species of fiddler crabs are there?
107
What is the height of the bottom of a wave called?
Amplitude
What controls the tides?
The moon.
What is the longest river that brings fresh water into Long Island Sound?
The Connecticut River