Land/Sea Breeze
True or false
Land and sea breezes take place in the mointains?
False
Land and sea breezes occur where the ocean meets the land. Otherwise known as the beach.
Skip the straw, Switch plastic water bottles for refillables, choose to refuse disposable cups, keep single use plastics out of our community.
What is "choose to refuse single use plastics challenge"
NCs largest salamander
What is a hellbender?
This otter is found in Canada and the United States it is about 2-3' in height and 11-30 lbs.
What is north American river otter?
Name 2 of the 6 coastal plain habitats.
swamp, pocosin, salt marsh, river basin, maritime forest, long leaf pine forest
The process of air heating and rising, cooling and falling and moving in a cycle creating land and sea breezes.
What is convection?
What's 1 way you can help bald eagles?
Reduce chemical use at home and on lawns these chemicals make their way up the food chain and impact apex predators including eagles.
Dispose food properly throwing food out the car window attracts rodents and other small mammals to the roadside which in turn attracts birds increasing the likelihood of birds colliding with cars.
This type of mountain animal absorbs oxygen directly through its skin making clean oxygen rich water essential.
what are salamanders or Amphibians
This otter hunts in packs and is found in south America it is considered endangered and is 3 1⁄2-5 1⁄2 ' high.
What is the giant otter?
In 1983 not a single pair of bald eagles were found nesting in North Carolina, this was due to what?
What is DDT pesticide? The endangered species act and habitat protection allowed bald eagles to make a dramatic recovery through the US. By 2007 bald eagles were removed from the endangered species list they are still protected under the migratory bird act. DDT is a synthetic chemical compound used as a powerful DDT is a synthetic chemical compound used as a powerful insecticide it became famous for stopping disease carrying insects during world war 2 but later faced bans due to severe environmental and health damage.
This breeze typically takes place during the day
what is a sea breeze?
Why is it important to make sure our plastic bags are disposed properly?
Animals mistake them for food and eat them causing them to die or become sick.
This is 1 of the most diverse fish groups in North Carolina with over 70 species
What is the minnow? As rivers and streams became isolated populations evolved unique shapes behaviors and feeding strategies this diversity allows minnows to thrive in everything from swift streams to quiet pools.
This river mammal is faster on land than in water they can outrun a person over a short distance.
What is the American river otter?
These turtles spend most of their life in water they have long flippers and a streamlined body shape adapted for swimming in large bodies of salt water.
What are sea turtles?
This breeze typically takes place during the night
what is a land breeze?
A plastic straw Is thrown into a mountain river, how does it get to the ocean?
What is water basins? Water basins Areas of land where water flows in certain spaces and places. Rivers connect with lakes and other bodies of water and eventually empty into the oceans. The place where rivers empty into oceans are called Estuaries.
When visiting mountain waterways leave natural rock formations undisturbed to protect what salamander?
What is the hellbender? The hellbender is 1 of 3 species of giant salamanders in the world it lives under rock formations in clean cold fast moving waters young have external gills after age 2 they breathe through specialized skin absorbing oxygen directly from the water.
1 of the best habitats for a turtle that provide silty bottoms for winter hibernation sunken trees for cover floating logs for basking and shade to keep the water cool
What are beaver ponds?
The largest living turtle in the world.
What is the leatherback sea turtle.
The largest leatherback ever recorded was almost 10' long and weighed over £2,000 the longest recorded leatherback migration was over 12,000 miles 1 way.
In your own words explain the process of land breezes and sea sea breezes using what you've learned.
answers my vary
What's 1 way you can reduce your plastic waste?
Use reusable tupperware instead of plastic bags for everything. Buy in bulk and put in reusable containers.
Aquatic animals living in mountain streams have evolved special ____________ to thrive in constantly moving water with high oxygen and low temperatures.
what are adaptations?
Adaptation happens when animals or plants develop special features or behaviors that help them live in their homes, called habitats. These changes can take many generations and help them get food, stay safe, or survive in different climates. For example, a giraffe’s long neck helps it reach leaves high in trees, and a duck’s webbed feet help it swim.
Name 1 of the turtle types that were being fed at the aquarium.
Yellow belly slider, red eared slider, eastern river cooter, spiny softshell turtle
Name 2 of the 5 types of sea turtles that are found on the North Carolina coast.
Loggerhead, hawksbill, green, kemps Ridley, leatherback