Estuaries: Aquatic vs. Terrestrial Organisms October 24, 2016 Notebook Page 28 Estuaries: Aquatic vs. Terrestrial Organisms

Warm Up and Spiral October 24 Directions: Use textbook pages 54 C and 55 C to answer the following question. What is the difference between a well and a spring? Create a t-chart and compare and contrast point source pollution and non point source pollution. PROVIDE AT LEAST 2 EXAMPLES OF EACH… What is the difference between relative age and absolute age? Can you provide one example of each? Objectives: 8.E.1.1/1.2/ and 1.3 -TSWU structures of the hydrosphere including estuaries and different species found within. Essential Question: -What is an estuary? -What is the difference between aquatic organisms and terrestrial organisms.

Warm Up October 18 Directions: Use textbook pages 54 C and 55 C to answer the following question. What is an estuary? Create a t-chart and compare and contrast point source pollution and non point source pollution. PROVIDE AT LEAST 2 EXAMPLES OF EACH… Objectives: 8.E.1.1/1.2/ and 1.3 -TSWU structures of the hydrosphere including estuaries and different species found within. Essential Question: -What is an estuary? -What is the difference between aquatic organisms and terrestrial organisms.

Warm Up October 21 What are two types of estuaries? Why are estuaries so important to humans and other living ecosystems? Objectives: 8.E.1.1/1.2/ and 1.3 -TSWU structures of the hydrosphere including estuaries and different species found within. Essential Question: -What is an estuary? -What is the difference between aquatic organisms and terrestrial organisms.

What happens when fresh & salt water meet? Estuaries – When fresh water meets salt water… What happens when fresh & salt water meet?

Warm Up October 10 What is the difference between a river basin and a watershed? What is the difference between point source pollution and nonpoint source pollution? ---------Can you give an example for each?-----------

Warm up October 11 What is an estuary? How does the change in tides affect organisms in an estuary? Objectives: 8.E.1.1 and 8.E.1.2 -TSW understand the hydrosphere including estuaries and the different species living within. -TSW understand the difference between aquatic and terrestrial organisms and how their food webs are interconnected. Essential Questions: -What is an estuary? -What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

Warm Up October 12 What is the difference between an aquatic organism and a terrestrial organism? Objectives: 8.E.1.2 -TSW understand that terrestrial and aquatic food webs are often interconnected. Essential Questions: -What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

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

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

Maybe it wants a shark dinner!

Double the plant life!!!!!

Birds always have something to eat.

Birds have plenty of nesting sites too!

Birds have plenty of nesting sites too!

Birds have plenty of nesting sites too!

Estuaries have 2x life because 2 ecosystems are colliding!

Birds have plenty of nesting sites too!

Estuaries have 2x life because 2 ecosystems are colliding!

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

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

Estuaries: 2 X the breeding & feeding!

Estuaries: 2 X the breeding & feeding! Fresh river & salt ocean water mix it up with twice life & nutrients benefitting all.

Look how lush & fertile an estuary looks from space!

Salt marsh Mangrove forest 2 types of estuaries:

Salt marsh Mangrove forest 2 types of estuaries:

Salt marsh Mangrove forest 2 types of estuaries:

2 types of estuary: SALT MARSH Atlantic Carolina coasts Stinky cord grass Absorbs tons of moisture MANGROVES Louisiana & gulf Hurricane proof trees Absorbs tons of moisture Great breeding grounds--nursery

2 types of estuary: SALT MARSH Atlantic Carolina coasts Stinky cord grass Absorbs tons of moisture MANGROVES Louisiana & gulf Hurricane proof trees Absorbs tons of moisture Great breeding grounds--nursery

2 types of estuary: 2X life & nutrients SALT MARSH Atlantic Carolina coasts Stinky cord grass Absorbs tons of moisture MANGROVES Louisiana & gulf Hurricane proof trees Absorbs tons of moisture

2 types of estuary: 2X life & nutrients SALT MARSH Atlantic Carolina coasts Stinky cord grass Absorbs tons of moisture Great breeding grounds and nurseries for animals MANGROVES Forests Louisiana & gulf Hurricane proof trees Absorbs tons of moisture Great nursery and breeding grounds for all kinds of animals

Mud and Salt: The World of an Estuary Notebook page 31 Do a quick Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the 2 types of estuaries.

Summary Located along the shoreline where fresh water from a river meets salt water from the ocean. Estuaries have twice the amount of life. Estuaries are great places for organisms to lay eggs, have babies, and raise there young. Estuaries absorb lots of water. Estuaries absorb lots of pollution coming from a river. There are two types of estuaries: salt marshes and mangrove forests.

What types of organisms live in or around an estuary? . FISH SEAGULS CRABS AND MUCH MORE… What types of organisms live in or around an estuary? . Bears Wolves Birds And much more…

The World of an Estuary Page 31 Video Notes 12 facts 1 colored picture On Monday, you will get a video quiz