| General Informantion | Beach | Maritime Forests/ Freshwater Sloughs | Salt Marsh | animals |
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What is the Gulf Stream?
a warm ocean current flowing north in the Atlantic Ocean along the Eastern U.S.
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What are pulverized sea shells, translucent rocks and detritus?
The three things that make up our sand
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What is Maritime?
the word that means close to the sea or having something to do with the sea or the ocean
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What is 33% or 1/3
the amount of salt marsh left on the East coast
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What is a fiddler crab?
has one large claw if it is a male and two small claws if it is a female
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What is the Atlantic Bight?
the most westward location of the Eastern United States
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What is the intertidal or littoral zone?
The area that is underwater at high tide and out of the water during low tide
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What are some of the characteristics the trees in the maritime forest have to help them adapt to a harsh environment?
wavy branches, strong trunks, deep roots and waxy leaves
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What is the Latin name for smooth cordgrass?
Spartina alternaflora
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What is a male mosquito?
drinks only plant juice or nectar.
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What is an aquifer?
an underground area/lake of fresh water used to provide drinking water and water for industry
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What is the height of our tides?
6-9 feet
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What are the things a maritime forest provides for animals.
nesting places, shelter, food and water
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What is salinity?
the amount of salt in the water
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What is an alligator?
the most valuable animal in a fresh water slough environment.
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What is detritus?
a mixture of decaying plant and animal material with a pinch of poop
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What is the reason our sand is so fine.
our waves are really not very strong and our beach is really long
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What is a freshwater slough?
They provide fresh water for the animals in a maritime forest
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What is brackish?
a mixture of salt and fresh water
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What is a pistol shrimp?
creates a loud popping noise that stuns its prey
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What is succession?
when an area changes from flat or low grassland, to small shrubs to big trees and forests.
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What are sea oats?.
the most important plant on the beach
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What is a rookery?
a place where large numbers of wading birds go for nesting and mating
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What is anoxic or anaerobic?
with out oxygen
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What is a mollusk?
the type of animal that contains oysters, clams, whelks, snails, octopus and squid
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