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EstuaryLive

1.  Where is this educational video being filmed?

 

2.  What is an estuary?  Why is it valuable?

 

3.  How does Dave describe the importance of the Rockaway peninsula to Jamaica Bay?

 

4.  About how quickly is the tide coming in? (cm/hr)

 

5. *(thought question) Why would an organism living in the intertidal zone need special adaptations?

 

6.  What are some of the organisms found in Jamaica Bay? (8 are mentioned)

 

7.  Why measure water quality?

 

8.  Salinity:

What tool is used to measure salinity? 

What values were found for

ocean?___________________ estuary?____________________ tap water?___________________________

 

9. Dissolved Oxygen (DO):

What tool is used to measure DO?

What value is found?______________________ 

Why is DO important?

 

10.  Nitrogen (N):

How does too much N in the water cause a problem?

What value is found? _______________________

Where does excess N come from?

 

11.  Why is Jamaica Bay important to migratory birds?

 

12.  What are some threatened or endangered species that make use of Jamaica Bay?

 

13.  Why is the salt marsh important?

a)

 

b)

 

c)

 

d)

 

14.   What makes the salt marsh a harsh environment for plants to grow?

a)

 

b)

 

c)

 

d)