Intertidal Unit Test Review

Species living in the Intertidal Zone must be able to survive which changes?

• Moisture

• Temperature

• Salinity

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Only exposed during low tide; contains the highest biodiversity

• High Intertidal Zone

• Mid Intertidal Zone

• Low Intertidal Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The Supratidal Zone can be described as

• Lies between medium and low tide

• Lies between high and low tide

• Area above the high tide zone in which animals survive by getting splashed by the waves.

• Never receives water

Salt wedges form in an estuary because...

• Freshwater flows in quick from the river

• Salt water is more dense

• It is a protected beach

• human impact

What is the pattern of horizontal bands with dominant organisms in the rocky intertidal zone?

• Dessication

• Zonation

• Estuary

• Diurnal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The tidal force exerted by the ______ is stronger that the tidal force exerted by the _______.

• earth, ocean

• sun, moon

• moon, stars

• moon, sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Most estuary species are...

• Stenohaline

• Euryhaline

• Osmoconformers

• Terrestrial

Neap tides happen during ___________ and _____________ moons.

• full / new

• 1st quarter / 3rd quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Deposit feeders get their energy from...

• The sun

• Plankton

• Detritus

A sandy beach with high wave action would be...

• Steep

• Flat

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2