Sandy Beaches Part 1 & 2

Area between the highest and lowest tide

• foreshore
• backshore
• beach face 
• drift line

Area away from shore, underwater.

• foreshore
• backshore
• offshore
• beach face

Area to prevent erosion, more effected by wind not water.

• foreshore
• backshore
• offshore
• dunes

Ability of a solid to become liquid when agitated or stirred.

• periostracum
• pore space
• capillary action
• thixotropy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Area of beach hardly ever wet, above high tide.

• foreshore
• backshore
• offshore
• beach face

Area between the sand grains.

• pore space
• periostracum
• capillary action
• drift line

Debris left on beach by last high tide.

• periostracum
• drift line
• beach face
• pore space

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Ability of water to creep or rise up other materials.

• beach face
• periostracum
• pore space
• capillary action

Place water is at that moment.

• beach face
• drift line
• capillary action
• foreshore

Problem sea star runs into when eating.

• Hard shells
• Can't find food.
• Starving after choking on a sand dollar
• getting stomach stuck outside body