Intertidal Zones

How can you protect and conserve estuaries and intertidal zones if you are at home?

• do not be wasteful; practice the 5Rs reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, and repair

• dump your trash everywhere

• dispose household chemicals in the canals

• pour toxic waste and chemicals in the toilet

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These are new ways to protect and conserve estuaries and intertidal zones, EXCEPT ___________.

• garden and landscape with plants locally grown in your area to reduce the need for watering and fertilizing

• pour hazardous products from your household drains to canals

• observe “catch and release” practices and keep more fish alive

• promote and encourage your friends on Facebook to join coastal cleanup

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The area affected directly by rising and receding tides and serves also as home for several animals is called _______

• estuary

• intertidal zone

• forest

• shore

The abiotic factor that affects estuary and intertidal zone pertains to the level of hotness and coldness of water.

• salinity

• waves

• type of soil

• temperature

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Some habitats found in intertidal zones and estuaries are the following EXCEPT :

• salt marshes

• mud flats

• mangrove forests

• salinity

The abiotic factor that pertains to the amount of salt in the water is ____

• waves

• temperature

• salinity

• amount of sunlight

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Intertidal zone is where the land and sea meet.

• True

• False

Intertidal zones are areas which are constantly exposed to the changing tides.

• True

• False

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Temperature in an intertidal zone changes because of the tides and amount of sunlight.

• True

• False

The lower intertidal zone is submerged in water and only exposed during extremely low tide

• True

• False