7.2pr1 ESTUARIES
Project Replacement 1
“ABOUT ESTUARIES”
http://estuaries.noaa.gov/About/Default.aspx?ID=213
“What is an Estuary?”
1. Copy the four bullets.
2. Click on “Estuaries Defined” and write definition
3. Click back and then on “Freshwater Estuaries”. Explain what a freshwater estuary is in a paragraph in your own words.
4. Click back & then on Estuary Classification.
List AND describe the 5 major types of estuaries based on their geology.
“RIVERS MEET the SEA”
http://estuaries.noaa.gov/Teachers/estuaries.aspx
Watch the video as many times as needed to answer each question. 6 min
1. ______ of the entire US population visits an estuary every year.
2. Estuaries are known as ____________________________________.
3. Grasses and other estuarine plants help to prevent __________, erosion, _____, and help to stabilize our ______.
4. Estuaries provide habitat for _____ of commercial fish catch and _______ of the recreational fish catch.
5. Estuaries provide _____________ jobs.
6. It is the mission of the National Estuary Program to _____and ______America’s nationally significant estuaries.
7. Estuary = _______________
“Landforms”
https://www.slideshare.net/secret/4FReL3YuyCnr9t
Watch the powerpoint, List and briefly describe each landform found in estuaries.
“Estuarine Habitats”
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/estuaries/estuaries06_habitats.html
Read about Estuarine Habitats and answer the following questions.
What determines the type of habitat around an estuary?
Click on “salt marshes” and share three things you learned about them. Write them in complete sentences
Click back and read about “mangrove forests” and write three things you learned about them. Write them in complete sentences.
“Disturbances to Estuaries”
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/estuaries/estuaries09_humandisturb.html
What is the greatest threat to estuaries?
What do these activities result in?
Write 6-8 sentences describing human impact on estuaries.
“Estuary Future”
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/estuaries/estuaries11_future.html
Read the article and write a 5-7 sentence summary about the future of our estuaries.
“Adaptations to Life on an Estuary”
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/estuaries/estuaries07_adaptations.html
What is the primary adaptation that organisms that live in an estuary must have?
Describe in 2-3 sentences what a stenohaline is. Include where they usually live what they can not tolerate.
Describe in 2-3 sentences what an uryhaline is. Include where they usually live and two other interesting facts about them.
“POST QUIZ”
Go to http://estuaries.noaa.gov/Students/Quiz.aspx
Take the test and write your answers below. TAKE a PICTURE of your score & text it to me! IF you didn’t bring a phone today, TELL ME & I will take a picture of it! J