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12 Cards in this Set
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What happens to shoreline habitats when the tide comes in?
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Plants and animals are covered with water. Some are carried in or away from the shore.
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Describe the light zone.
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Receives light from the sun.
Filled with living things. |
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How do timny plantlike organisms of the light zone help the ocean?
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Theu use sunlight to make a sugar-like food. Other animals eat them as food.
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What animals are found in the light zone?
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turtles, dolphins, jellyfish, sharks, shrimp, squid
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Describe the dark zone.
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Black- no sunlight
Little food or life Animals here make their own light to attract their food. |
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Name some animals found in the dark zone
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angler fish
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What are some dangers to the ocean and its animals?
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pollution, fishing nets, threated beaches where eggs are layed, oil spills
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What are corals?
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small, soft-bodied animals that live in shallow ocean waters.
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How are corals made?
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They develop a hard skeleton made of calcium that protects the plant and coral inside.
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Many corals together can form a ______________.
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Reef
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What are some dangers to a coral reef?
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People take too many fish and seaweed becomes overgrown, divers poison the reef while catching fish, boats scrape the reefs breaking pieces off.
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What is being done to protect the reefs?
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Governments pass laws against use of poisons, scientists teach people how they impact reefs, buoys are used to mark reefs, divers must follow underwater marked trails.
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