Salt Marshes/Salt Marsh Vegetation

a coastal wetland that is flooded and drained by salt water brought in by the tides is called a(n)

• Bog

• Salt marsh

• Estuary

• Wetland

• FreshWater marsh

select the abiotic factors affecting plants in the marsh

• Sunlight

• Predation

• Tides

• Nutrient availability

• Competition from other plants

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

An area where the ocean meets the land between high and low tides

• Low tide

• High tide

• Intertidal

What type of wave energy would occur where salt marshes would form

• Low

• High

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The part of the grasses in the marsh that help provide the most stability to the salt marsh

• roots

• shoots

• rhizome

The estuary is called a nursery ground because

• larval/juvenile organisms grow up here

• adult organisms grow up here

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Select the organisms that are residents of the salt marsh, spending their life here year round.

• periwinkle snail

• red drum

• fiddler crabs

• ribbed mussel

• white, brown, and pink shrimp

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of the following would be considered a living shoreline? (Select all that apply)

• bulkhead/seawall

• planted marsh grasses

• oyster reef/rocks

• only sand

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Dead, decaying plant and animal matter can be found in the salt marsh in the form of

• sediment

• detritus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

select the biotic factors affecting plants in the marsh

• Sunlight

• Predation

• Tides

• Nutrient availability

• Competition from other plants

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2