LIS Map
What type of water is Long Island Sound?
Brackish
What is the whelk's habitat?
Rocky intertidal zone.
What is a tidal zone?
It is how far the water moves up and down during tides.
What makes waves?
The wind and something big moving moving in the water- like a boat.
Which floats on top of Long Island Sound- fresh or salt water?
Fresh
Where does the salt water come from in Long Island Sound?
Atlantic Ocean
Which grows bigger- a male or female diamondback terrapin?
The female.
What is the lowest tidal zone?
Low tide zone.
What is the lowest part of a wave called?
Trough
Name an apex predator that lives in Long Island Sound?
Shark, human
What are the 4 main rivers that flow into Long Island Sound?
Housatonic, Quinnipiac, Connecticut, Thames
What does the eastern oyster eat?
Plankton.
What is the highest tidal zone?
High tide zone?
What is the highest part of a wave called?
Crest
What are the main habitats of Long Island Sound?
Sandy beach, rocky intertidal zone, submerged bottom, salt marsh, open water, tidal flats.
What states border Long Island Sound?
New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island.
What do horseshoe crabs do that is like shedding?
Molting
Name two creatures that live in the mid-tide zone?
Barnacles and periwinkle snails.
What is the distance between two waves called?
Wave length
What are the main types of pollution in Long Island Sound?
Litter, fertilizer, sewage.
How was Long Island Sound formed?
By a glacier.
What are the two types of plankton that live in Long Island Sound?
Zooplankton and phytoplankton.
What are the names of the tidal zones in order?
Spray zone, high tide, mid-tide zone, low tide zone.
What is the height of a wave called?
Amplitude
What creatures can be found in a Long Island Sound tide pool?
Hermit crabs, Atlantic shrimp, slipper shells, periwinkles, barnacles, moon snails, mud snails, clams, worms.