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17 Cards in this Set
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What is the Geography of the Coastal Zone?
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1)flat land
2)salt marshes 3)rivers 4)islands 5)oceans |
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What is the soil like?
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sandy
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What kinds of jobs (industries) are in the Coastal Zone
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1)fishing
2)shipping 3)tourism (people going to look at the attractions) |
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What kinds of plant life is in the Coastal Zone?
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1)the Pitcher plant
2)Venus Flytrap Both eat insects 3)Spanish Moss grows on cypress and oak trees 4)live oaks live for hundreds of years 5)Sea oats help to protect the sand dunes from erosion during storms |
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What kinds of animals live in the Coastal Zone?
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1) loggerhead turtle
2)blue herons 3)egrets |
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What is natural environment?
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the land and all living things on the land
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What is a region?
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an area of land that has similar features or characteristics
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What is climate?
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the usual type of weather in an area over a long period of time
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What is the coast?
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Much of it is a sandy white beach.
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What is an island?
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a small piece of land with water on all sides
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What is a refuge?
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Place where the plants and animals are protected from people
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What do the barrier islands do?
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protect our coast from the ocean
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How many barrier islands do South Carolina have?
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over 150
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What are the wetlands?
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low area that are covered by water all or part of the time
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What are marches?
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grasslands which are covered in water
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What are swamps?
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grasslands that are covered in water, but they have trees in it too
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what is the coastal plain?
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area of flat land between the coast and the Sand Hills
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