MARINE SHORES (INTERTIDAL ZONE)

Question 1

Battered by the the full force of ocean waves

Answer 1

Marine shores (intertidal zone)

Question 2

Supports very diff. organisms that those found along sheltered shores

Answer 2

Exposed shores

Question 3

On the inside of headlands or in coves and bays

Answer 3

Sheltered shores

Question 4

4 types of shores

Answer 4

1. Exposed shores
2. Sheltered shores
3. Sandy shores
4. Rocky shores

Question 5

Vertical zones (5)

Answer 5

1. Supratidal fringe
2. Upper Intertidal zone
3. Middle Intertidal zone
4. Lower Intertidal zone
5. Subtidal zone

Question 6

Highest zone. Seldom covered by high tides but often wetted by waves.

Answer 6

Supratidal fringe

Question 7

Covered only during the highest tide

Answer 7

Upper Intertidal Zone

Question 8

Between the upper and lower intertidal zone

Answer 8

Middle intertidal zone

Question 9

Uncovered only during the lowest tide

Answer 9

Lower intertidal zone

Question 10

Below the intertidal zone. Remains covered by water even during the lowest tides

Answer 10

Subtidal zone

Question 11

At high tides , it reduces light intensity. At low tides, intertidal organisms are exposed to the full intensity of the sun.

Answer 11

Water Turbulence

Question 12

Reduces light intensity

Answer 12

Water Turbulence at High Tide

Question 13

intertidal organisms are exposed to the full intensity of the sun.

Answer 13

Water Turbulence at Low Tide

Question 14

Are small basins that retain water at low tide.

Answer 14

Tide Pools

Question 15

Are the two most important water movements affecting the distribution and abundance of intertidal organisms..

Answer 15

Waves and Tides

Question 16

Most tides are _____. Means there are two low tides and two high tides each day.

Answer 16

Semidiurnal

Question 17

When there is a single high and low tide each day.

Answer 17

Diurnal

Question 18

Determine the magnitude and timing of the tides.

Answer 18

Sun, Moon and Local Geography

Question 19

The main tide producing forces

Answer 19

Gravitational Pulls of the Sun and Moon on water

Question 20

Has a greater full because it is closer

Answer 20

Moon

Question 21

Happens when the sun, moon, and earth are in alignment.

Answer 21

Spring tides

Question 22

Happens when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other

Answer 22

Neap tides

Question 23

Its amount to which intertidal organisms are exposed varies from one section of coast to another

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Wave energy

Question 24

Hit by high waves, subjected to strong currents

Answer 24

Exposed headlands

Question 25

Are least exposed to waves

Answer 25

Coves and Bays

Question 26

Does not limit the distribution of intertidal organisms

Answer 26

Oxygen

Question 27

An intertidal environment where oxygen availability may be low

Answer 27

Interstitial Water

Question 28

Interstitial water examples

Answer 28

Sandy or muddy shores.
Sheltered Bays

Question 29

Produces one of the most noticable intertidal feature

Answer 29

Zonation of Species

Question 30

Also influence the distribution of intertidal organisms

Answer 30

Microtopography

Question 31

Most intertidal organisms are

Answer 31

Inconspicuous

Question 32

Places where pre-historic people piled the remains of their seafood dinner

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Shell middens

Question 33

Human Influences (5)

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1. Shell Middens
2. Shelled Creatures
3. Devastation By Humans
4. Exploitation
5. Oil spills

Question 34

Is a maximum tidal fluctuations

Answer 34

Spring tides

Question 35

Is a minimum tidal fluctuations

Answer 35

Neap Tides