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Homework - Estuaries

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Estuaries are..

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What are important services provided by estuaries?

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Add a picture of an estuary below

Estuaries form where rivers containing freshwater flow into the salty waters of an ocean. The mixture of freshwater and salt water stays balanced as long as both the river and the ocean tides continue to mix at the river's mouth. Estuaries are usually calm and often contain many food sources. Because of this, many species of fish and other organisms breed and raise their offspring in estuaries. These organisms are adapted to life in brackish estuary waters.
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Where does an estuary form?

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What is brackish water? Look it up and write a definition that you understand.

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The mixture of freshwater and salt water in an estuary stays balanced as long as...__________

A new recreation area is being built from an estuary that is known for its abundance of fish and turtles. A dam will be built across the river and a large lake will form behind it. What effect will the dam have on the organisms living in an estuary? __________

The family wishes to reduce their weekly water usage as much as possible. Here are their proposals for how to do this. Which will save the most water__________
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Predict: Your family is considering clearing trees in your backyard to put in a swimming pool.
A) What impacts could this have on your local stream?
B) What is a potential solution if you still plan to build a swimming pool?

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Find your water foot print!!! Take the survey and then screen shot your results at the end.

https://watercalculator.org/

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Describe two ways that you can personally help minimize human impact on Earth's water.