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Ocean shore zone
Kohen's Ocean shore zone
question | answer |
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What is the ocean shore zone? | It is where the water meets the shore |
what is are sand dunes | they are swept up in mounds and plants hold the sand in the dunes in place |
What are beaches | They are shore lines that are made up of sand they are all ways changing because of wind and water |
What are waves | It wears away the rocks ands exposing a rocky shore and they can deposited sand on the shore |
What are currents | That are along the shore line and can move sand from one location to a nother |
What are tides | They bring in sand,shells,and ocean sediment at high tides and leave them barrier at low tides |
What are barrier is land | It is island that are in pieces and are souuronded by Water |
What is sediment | It is eroded down rocks |
What are estuaries | They are rivers that go into the ocean and carries blakiesh water in them |
What is blakiesh water | It is a mixture of fresh water and salt water |
What do estuaries do | They are a filter for the ocean |
What are inlets | They wastewater filled spaces between the barrier is land |