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Exploring Coastal Habitats: Life and Environment Interaction

Dive into the diverse coastal ecosystem with this guide on abiotic and biotic elements, nocturnal and diurnal species, and the importance of adaptation. Understand terms like estuary, detritus, and more to appreciate the beauty and fragility of coastal communities.

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Exploring Coastal Habitats: Life and Environment Interaction

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  1. Coastal Community Vocabulary

  2. 1. abiotic • A= without • Bio= life • Nonliving parts in an environment • Ex: rocks, water, air, salt

  3. 2. biotic • Bio= life • Living parts in an environment • Ex: plants, animals, bacteria

  4. 3. detritus • any disintegrated material; debris. • Ex: dead animals/plant materials

  5. 4.nocturnal • Noct= night • active at night • Ex: owls, foxes, raccoons, hamsters

  6. 5. diurnal • “daily” • active by day • Ex: certain birds and insects , humans

  7. 6. crepuscular • Becoming active at twilight or before sunrise, or dusk. • Ex: bats, certain insects (mosquito), birds, deer

  8. 7. aquatic • Aqua= water • Refers to water • Ex: aquarium

  9. 8. terrestrial • Terra= earth • an animal that lives on the land • Ex: extraterrestrial, terrain, terra cotta

  10. 9. habitat • is Latin for "it inhabits" • area that is lived in by a particular species • Ex: ocean, rainforest trees, bat cave

  11. 10. brackish • slightly salty; having a salty or briny flavor

  12. 11.salinity • Saline= salt • dissolved salt content of a body of water

  13. 12.adaptation • Any change in the structure or functioning of an organism that makes it better suited to its environment • Ex: structural (fins, wings) behavioral (echolocation)

  14. 13. saline • Saline= salt • salt • Ex: saline solution

  15. 14. Seining net • large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water by attaching weights along the bottom edge and floats along the top

  16. 15. triboluminescence • Tri= three • Lumere= light • Light from friction (mechanical energy)

  17. 16. bioluminescence • Bio= life • Lumere= light • the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction • Ex: jellyfish

  18. 17. Tidal creek • the portion of a stream that is affected by ebb and flow of ocean tides. • Different levels of salinity occur

  19. 18. Estuary • Aestus= Latin for tide • places where rivers meet the sea • They are made up of brackish water. • Nursery ground for many animals

  20. 19. Point source pollution • single identifiable localized source of air, water, thermal, noise or lightpollution. • Ex: smoke stack, street light ,wastewater, jet engine noise

  21. 20. Non-point pollution • water from rainfall and snowmelt flows through the landscape, carrying contaminants from many different sources. • Ex: farming pesticides, fertilizers on golf courses, landscaping, pools

  22. Coast Trip Request Safety Buddy: (requires signatures) 1. 2. Wish List Prefer Not • 1. 2. 2.

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