Estuary

What is the defining difference between the marine, freshwater, and estuary biomes?

• Salinity (dissolved salt)

• Sunlight

• Oxygen

• Amount of Water

I am called "Nurseries of the Sea".

I am the place where seawater and freshwater meet.

Who I am?

• Estuary

• Ocean

• River

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A natural system linked by living (plants, animals) and nonliving (soil, air, water) things?

• Ecosystem
• Riverbasin
• Watershed
• Estuary

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Estuaries are known as the __________ of the sea.

• nurseries
• shopping malls
• grocery store
• garden

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

An estuary is made up of what kind of H20?

• Saltwater only

• Freshwater only

• Salt & Fresh water

• What is H20 even mean?

Which animal could be found in an estuary?

• robin

• shark

• whale

• crab

It is a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment

• Estuary

• Ecosystem

• Intertidal Zone

• Interaction

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

It refers to the amount of salt in water.

• waves

• salinity

• temperature

• mud flat

It refers to the level hotness or coldness of water.

• temperature

• salinity

• salt marshes

• amount of sunlight

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

It refers to the movements of the surface of water.

• waves

• salt marshes

• mud flats

• rocky shores

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2