Estuaries

Why must inhabitants of an estuary be able to easily adapt?

• changing salinity

• changing temperatures

• changing weather

• changing oxygen levels

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Estuaries are important because...

• they buffer out pollution

• they are an important habitat

• they serve as the nurseries of the sea

• All of these.

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A mixture of fresh and salt water

• brackish

• salt water

• fresh water

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A wide, lower course of a river where fresh and salt water mix...

• estuary

• river

• stream

• tributary

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High river flow would result in _____ levels of salinity

• low

• high

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A measure of salt

• salinity

• dissolved oxygen

• pollutants

• organic matter

Which organisms filter out the most pollution in an estuary?

• oyster

• clam

• crab

• shrimp

Estuaries can easily support plant and animal life due to a large amount of...

• nutrients

• carbon dioxide

• pollution

• energy

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Estuaries have ____ salt than the open ocean.

• less

• more

• the same amount of

What two things give estuaries their nickname the "nursery of the sea"?

PICK TWO.

• nutrients

• shelter

• lots of salt

• shallow water