Estuary Review

A partly enclosed body of water along the coast where one or more streams/rivers enter and mix freshwater with saltwater

• Bay

• Estuary

• Barrier island

• Sea stack

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as saltwater is called ________ water.

Urban areas have undergone rapid change, and put their estuaries at environmental risk through...

• land reclamation

• shoreline conservation

• pollution

• overfishing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Less saline water that flows downstream in streams and rivers, or as runoff, that enters estuaries and bays.

• hypersaline

• bay

• freshwater inflow

• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Galveston Bay estuary is a _______ estuary.

• fjord

• bar-built

• tectonic

• coastal

The rise and fall of sea levels caused by the rotation of the Earth and the gravitational forces exerted by the Earth, moon and sun

• storm surge

• hurricane

• flood

• tides

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• oxygen

• salinity

• sunlight

• amount of water

I am called "Nurseries of the Sea". I am the place where seawater and freshwater meet. Who I am?

• ocean

• river

• estuary

• lake

Water with salt levels surpassing that of normal ocean water

• hypersaline

• hyposaline

• saline

• desaline

Which animal could be found in an estuary?

• crab

• octopus

• whale

• robin