Warm-up 10/4

Warm Up October 12, 2012 Describe what an aquatic creature is and what criteria you would use to classify it as such.

- Explain how a factory can be both a point source and a non point source.

Pumpkin, Day 5

What happens when fresh & salt water meet?3

4MAYBE A FRESH WATER CROCODILE WANTS A SALTY MEAL IN THE SEA!

5MAYBE A FRESH WATER CROCODILE WANTS A SALTY MEAL IN THE SEA!

6Maybe it wants a shark dinner!

7Double the plant life!!!!!

8Birds always have something to eat.

9Birds have plenty of nesting sites too!

10Birds have plenty of nesting sites too!

11Birds have plenty of nesting sites too!

12Estuaries have 2x life because 2 ecosystems are colliding!

13Estuaries have 2x life because 2 ecosystems are colliding!

14Fresh water rivers run into salty coastal waters. Two big groups of life breed & feed in the tall grasses of our estuaries.

15When salt & fresh water mix, it is called brackish.

16Estuaries: 2 X the breeding & feeding!

17Look how lush & fertile an estuary looks from space!

182 types of estuaries:Salt marshMangrove forest2 types of estuaries:Salt marshMangrove forest

2 types of estuaries:Salt marshMangrove forest

2 types of estuary:SALT MARSHAtlantic Carolina coastsStinky cord grassAbsorbs tons of moistureMANGROVESLouisiana & gulfHurricane proof treesAbsorbs tons of moistureGreat breeding grounds--nursery

222 types of estuary:SALT MARSHAtlantic Carolina coastsStinky cord grassAbsorbs tons of moistureMANGROVESLouisiana & gulfHurricane proof treesAbsorbs tons of moistureGreat breeding grounds--nursery

232 types of estuary: 2X life & nutrientsSALT MARSHAtlantic Carolina coastsStinky cord grassAbsorbs tons of moistureMANGROVESLouisiana & gulfHurricane proof treesAbsorbs tons of moisture242 types of estuary: 2X life & nutrientsSALT MARSHAtlantic Carolina coastsStinky cord grassAbsorbs tons of moistureGreat breeding groundsMANGROVESLouisiana & gulfHurricane proof treesAbsorbs tons of moistureGreat nursery25