Estuaries and Intertidal Zone

Estuaries are places where freshwater and saltwater meet.

• True

• False

Lagoons, harbors, inlets, sounds, river or stream mouths, and wetlands are all estuaries.

• True

• False

Estuaries have salty water like seawater.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Intertidal zone is where the land and sea meet.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Intertidal zones have five vertical divisions.

• True

• False

The splash zone is dry most of the time.

• True

• False

The lower intertidal zone is submerged only during severe storms and very high tides.

• True

• False

The splash zone is covered with water only during high tide.

• True

• False

The upper intertidal zone lies between the average sea level and the average low tide level.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4