Kelp Forest
Prefer this temperature water
Cold
Prefer this temperature water
Warm
Coral is a(n)
animal
Percentage of the USA population that lives within easy access of the coast
80%
The strongest Tides are
Spring Tides
Kelp can grow how fast a day
18' a day
Mangroves are unqiue because they have the ability to do what out of their roots
breathe
Coral reefs prefer what temperature water
warm
in the disapearing shoreline exercise what is causing an increase in temperature
increase of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere
The largest Tides occur when
Full and new Moons
The Keystone organism in the kelppp forest is/are
Sea Otter
True or False:
Mangrove water is typically very clear
False: the water is murky/silty
Coral has a symbiotic relationship with
Zooxanthallae - algae
Name of the current that travels parallel to the shore
Long shore current
The Spring Tide the Earth, Moon, and Sun are
Aligned
Which organism can destory a kelp forest by feeding on it
Sea urchin
Mangrove are good at filtering what out of the water
polllution or sediments
It is called what when the coral release their zooxanthallae
bleaching
A wall parallel to beach out in the water
breakwater
During a Neap tide the Earth is in a ____________angle to the Moon and Sun
Right
Kelp forest are found predominantly on this coast
West Coast of USA, California
Mangrove seedlings are
Viviparous - alive - growing while still attached to parent
The hard base of coral is made of
Calcium Cabonate
A wall built perpendicular to the beach
groin
One high tide and one low tide every 24 hours and 50 mins is called
Diurnal