Marine Biology: Tides & Intertidal Zone

_____________ each day the ocean tides flood the shore.

• Once

• Twice

• Three times

• Four times

Tides happens when a bulge is created in the ocean because of the gravitational pull of the ____________.

• sun

• moon

• uranus

• mars

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The intertidal zone is the area of the shore that is caught between _____________.

• rocks

• sandbars

• tides

• mangroves

The intertidal zone is divided into _____________ different parts.

• two

• three

• four

• five

Which of the following is NOT one of the zones of the intertidal zone?

• Splash

• High

• Sunlight

• Low

The Splash Zone is where water _____________ reaches.

• always

• rarely

• never

• continuously

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A _____________ is shallow bodies of water that remain along the intertidal zone during low tide.

• mud flat

• current

• splash zone

• tide pool

The section of shallow seawater that gently slopes from the shore into the ocean is called the ___________.

• intertidal zone

• continental shelf

• pelagic zone

• barrier reef

An_____________ is where fresh water from a river flows into the salt water of the ocean.

• intertidal zone

• abyss

• estuary

• underwater current

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A mixture of fresh water and salt water is called ____________.

• blackish

• brownish

• brackish

• blueish