Geography and distribution
Seagrasses are found on every continent except for this one.
What is Antarctica
Seagrasses are part of this diverse group of plants.
What are angiosperms
Seagrasses provide this function for juvenile organisms.
What is nursery habitat
This is the scientific name for eelgrass.
What is Zostera marina
These are the two ways in which seagrasses reproduce.
What is sexual and asexual (clonal) reproduction
This warm-water region of the world hosts the highest species diversity of seagrasses.
What is the Indo-Pacific
Some species of seagrass are annual, while others are this type that live for many years.
What is perennial
Seagrasses are well known for storing and burying this compound that aids in our fight against climate change.
What is carbon dioxide
Name another part of the world (besides the east coast of the US) where eelgrass can be found.
What is the west coast, Canada, Alaska, Europe, Northern Africa, or Asia
This is the medium of transport for seagrass pollen.
This geographic feature where rivers meet the sea often contains seagrass meadows, especially on the east coast of the United States.
What are estuaries?
How many species of seagrass exist?
What is 72
Seagrasses produce this gas as a byproduct of photosynthesis.
What is oxygen
This is the southern limit for eelgrass geographic distribution in the United States.
What is North Carolina
Before making seeds, seagrasses must produce these, just like many land plants.
What are flowers
Seagrass distributions are limited vertically by this physical factor.
What is light (or depth)
Name another species of seagrass that is found on the east coast of the United States.
What is Halodule wrightii, Thalassia testudinum, Syringodium filiforme, Halophila engelmannii, or Ruppia maritima
This marine mammal depends on seagrasses as its primary food source.
What are manatees
Eelgrass can grow both in the subtidal and this other zone that is exposed at low tide
What is the intertidal zone
Sexual reproduction in seagrasses increases this important characteristic for population resilience.
What is genetic diversity.
Where is the largest continuous seagrass meadow in the United States?
What is Florida Bay (South Florida or Everglades work too)
Seagrasses evolved from land plants how many millions of years ago?
What is 100 million
Seagrass meadows support higher numbers of organisms compared to bare sediment, providing this characteristic.
What is biodiversity
Scientists are working to bring back eelgrass populations through this process.
What is restoration
Seagrass seeds are often stored naturally in this location until conditions are favorable for germination.
What is the seed bank (or sediment)