Coastal Community - MOSAIC

The edge where the land and the salt water come together

• Community

• Wetlands

• Coast

• Swamps

Land that is wet part of the time and dry part of the time

• Wetlands

• Habitat

• Coast

• Shallow Water Area

All the plants and animals that live in the same place

• Marshes

• Community

• Swamps

• Mangroves

Trees that can live in salt water

• Marshes

• Mud Flat Community

• Shoreline

• Mangroves

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A shallow water community without any visible plants

• Grass Flat Community

• Community

• Mud Flat Community

• Wetlands

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Wetlands where grasses, shrubs or herbaceous plants are the main plants

• Coast

• Swamps

• Marshes

• Community

A shallow water community covered by seagrasses

• Grass Flat Community

• Marshes

• Mud Flat Community

• Shoreline

The area that is wet when the tide comes in and dry when the tide is out

• Mangroves

• Swamps

• Shallow water area

• Shoreline

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The place where a plant or animal lives

• Coast

• Swamp

• Habitat

• Marshes

Wetlands covered by trees

• Marshes

• Swamps

• Coast

• Mangroves

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3