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Resources to use for class The instructions for the computer lab are below.
Answer the questions below by visiting the links provided. 1) Explain the relationship between groundwater and wetlands. The Nature of Water 2) Where is the closest wetland area to Bedford, IN? US Fish and Wildlife Service 3) What are the functions of wetlands? Washington Dept. of Ecology 4) What types of plants live in estuaries? E-How KDE 5) Describe typical soils in swamps? Swamps 6) What percent of the Nation's floodplain forested swamps have been destroyed? Swamps 7) What is the function of the bottomland hardwood swamp? Swamps 8) What are the characteristics of a mangrove swamp? 9) What is the function of the mangrove swamp? 10) What is the status of the mangrove swamp? 11) What are the three types of mangrove trees which grow in the continental United States? 12) What are the differences in the locations where each of the 3 types of mangrove trees found in the U.S. grow? Mangrove 13) What percent of marine animals use coral reefs as a home? 14) What are the 3 basic types of coral reefs? 15) Explain the differences between each of the types of coral reefs listed in your answer for #14. 16) What is the value of coral reefs to people? (list at least 3) 17 What are the threats to coral reefs? (list at least 5, and be able to explain them on your test...) Coral ********************************** ********************************** 1/17/2007 Answer the questions below by visiting the links. 1) What Is an Estuary and What Does It Do? 2) What is the difference between estuarine wetlands and palustrine wetlands? 3) What are estuaries? 4) What types of animals live in estuaries? 5) Why are estuaries important? 6) What are the 5 types of estuaries as classified by their geology? 7) Explain the differences between each type listed in #6. Questions are continued below the links to the websites that contain the answers to questions #1-#7... Click on the following links to do today's assignment: EPA Wetland environments Estuary environments NOAA estuaries Estuary environments NOS Estuary environments Disturbances... 8) solve the "Estuary Mystery" on the following web site: Estuary Mystery 9) How are Estuaries classified by water circulation? Estuary classification by water circulation 10) Visit the following website and explore the different exhibits of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Tidal mudflat virtual field trip 11) Make your own food chain on the following website: Food chain 12) Describe the differences in the San Francisco Bay from 1848 to 1994. San Francisco Bay 13) Go to the following website and explore the interactive habitat! interactive environments 14) How much surface area do lakes and reservoirs occupy in the U.S.? EPA Lakes 15) How far above floodstage is the East Fork of the White River currently? USGS Watershed Data 16) Why are the Great Lakes considered to be Glacial Gifts? Glacial Gifts More about water.... The Nature of Water Florida Spring environments |
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