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Estuary to Ocean, Flamingo Street, Saint Lucia, St Lucia, South Africa

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Estuary to Ocean, Flamingo Street, Saint Lucia, St Lucia, South Africa

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Estuary to Ocean, Flamingo Street, Saint Lucia, St Lucia, South Africa

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St Lucia Estuary

Aquatic Ecosystem

Names: Mariam Abdo and Xiyue (Cherry) Li
Our assigned aquatic ecosystem: Estuary

a.  Definition/Description:

The delta of a river

Where the tide meets the stream

Salt water is mixed with freshwater in these areas

b. pH:

pH typically ranging of 7-7.5 in fresh areas

pH typically ranging of 8-8.5 in more salty areas

c. Zone of your ecosystem:

First zone at where the fresh meets the salt water

Middle zone at where the salt and freshwater are mixed equally

Ends where the water flows into the salty ocean.

d. Your favorite animal and UNIQUE adaptation:
-River Otter-

Able to close ears and noses under water

e.  Your favorite plants and UNIQUE adaptation:
-Seaside Arrowgrass-

Seaside arrowgrass produces cyanide in its leaves to prevent predation

Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uExU2WfEKbCBamxpRHk-SwFuPHgjkHJ_xXu1m8eneag/edit#slide=id.gfb9012f4fa_1_82

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Name: Ayden Day
Definition: Vegetation consists chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes.
Temperature: 38° C
Precipitation: 43.18 cm
Favorite Animal: Acorn Woodpeckers because they can store up to 50,000 nuts.
Favorite Plant: Torrey Pine tree because it doesn't need a lot of rainfall to survive.

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Names: Sophia and Brea
Biome: Temperate Grasslands
Definition: Not very many trees, Characterized by the predominant vegetation, and the temperatures can be really cold, or really hot.
Temperature: Cold: -40 degrees Fahrenheit, -40 degrees Celsius. Hot: 100 degrees Fahrenheit, 37.778 degrees Celsius.
Precipitation: 20 - 35 inches, 20in - 50.8 Centimeters
Animal: Prairie Dogs - They can burrow under the ground
Plant: Whistling Thorn - They have thorns on the branches
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zy_U_wiiASiz5e39DuQNUJj_mByXCkp7cTostAwNVZE/edit?usp=sharing

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Sean Starks & Sean Dady-Dreher

Chaparral Biome

a. A chaparral is a biome with shrubs and small trees that adapt to moist winters and dry summers

b. Average Temperature: In summer 37.5℃ and winter 10℃.

c. Average precipitation: 65-75 centimeters

d. Horned toad: squirts blood from eye to scare predators

e.Poison oak: it releases urushiol poison when something comes in contact with it.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1J5CHuBtv_jIGGrE-Gt8wPKhARW3CcxU7jOoZcj3CvoQ/edit#slide=id.gfca16c88a0_0_1147

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Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, Monterey, CA, USA

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Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, Monterey, CA, USA

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Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, Monterey, CA, USA

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Daniel Traf. & Aaron Rath

- Intertidal Ocean
- The area above water above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide.

- Average Temp: 75 C
- Average Precp: 118 In. per year

- Fav. Animal - Sea Stars: Sea stars have tough, bony skin which protects them from predators.
- Fav. Plant: - Sea Potato: The only way a Sea Potato (or Sea Urchin) can survive is through external fertilization b/c they are unable to move away from predators.

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Name(s): Austin Crull
Your Assigned biome or aquatic ecosystem: Temperate Grassland
a. Definition/Description a very common land found all around the world mainly dominated by grass.
b. Average temperature in Celsius: 10℃ to 18℃
c. Average Precipitation in Centimeters 51 cm to 89 cm per year
d. Your favorite animal and UNIQUE adaptation: Bison, it has very broad and flat teeth that are perfect for eating grass
e. Your favorite plants and UNIQUE adaptation: Wild Indigo, it has very long and deep roots so that it can survive the strong winds

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Name(s): Jenna and Kylyn

Your assigned biome or aquatic ecosystem: Coral Reefs

a.  Coral reefs are a diverse ecosystem in the ocean with coral as the main organism

b. between 8.4 and 7.7

c. Inner reef, reef crest, outer reef (also known as fore reef)

d. Leopard sharks have are pretty cool! They are able to sort of ration their oxygen so they can live in places with low oxygen levels.

e. Zooxanthellae (pronounced zo-a-zan-thella), a tiny type of organism, have adapted to live inside coral polyps, and still use photosynthesis to eat

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1N18pE_7Xw_RvF_b_VE_cpKS40ABp1S4tW-ARaDnN9rE/edit#slide=id.gfb8ed26a56_0_10

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Sangamon River, Mahomet Township, IL, USA

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Sangamon River, Mahomet Township, IL, USA

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Sangamon River, Mahomet Township, IL, USA

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Aquatic Ecosystem
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Name: Joshua Lopez Perez
Your assigned biome or aquatic ecosystem: Open Ocean
a.  Definition/Description: The open ocean is also known as the pelagic zone, here you find the biggest marine animals. Species here are affected by water temperature, pressure, wind and wave activity and prey. This area is very large and because of that animals have to travel far to eat.
b. pH: around 8.1
c. Zone of your ecosystem:Epipelagic zones, mesopelagic zone, bathypelagic zone, abyssopelagic zone and hadopelagic zone.

d. Your favorite animal and UNIQUE adaptation. Killer whale, Its thick layer of warmth makes it very strong.
e.  Your favorite plants and UNIQUE adaptation Algae. Its holdfast works great for anchoring.

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wbCePucKVFbQB68Loj9mi0VTVbI3tBYqh38dln71HH4/edit#slide=id.gfb8d2c98cc_0_74

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Congo Rainforest, Kinkenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Terrestrial

Name(s): Jordan and Ella W
Your assigned biome or aquatic ecosystem: Tropical Forest Biome
a.  Definition/Description Forested landscapes in tropical regions
b. Average temperature in Celsius: 25 c
c. Average precipitation in Centimeters: 150 cm
d. Your favorite animal and UNIQUE adaptation. Favorite animal is Okapi, they have stripped back legs helping them "disappear" in the forest light
e.  Your favorite plants and UNIQUE adaptation. The favorite plant is Epiphytes, they have adapted to living on other plants

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Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent, East Pacific Rise

Aquatic Ecosystem

Name(s): Ellie Barker
Your assigned biome or aquatic ecosystem:
a.  Definition/Description:
A fissure on the seafloor from which geothermally heated water discharges. Commonly found around volcanically active places.

b. pH: Very acidic, normally under 3.0
c. Zone of your ecosystem:
Usually located in the bathyal zone, but can also be found in lower zones.

d. Your favorite animal and UNIQUE adaptation.
Yeti crabs: have “spikes” on the end of their legs which allows them to climb up the vents.

e.  Your favorite plants and UNIQUE adaptation
Archaea: does not need heat and sunlight to survive

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Terrestrial
Name(s): Reece Jaskula
Your assigned biome or aquatic ecosystem: Tundra
a.  Definition/Description
A type of biome with hindered tree growth due to very low temperatures
b. Average temperature in Celsius:
-28
c. Average precipitation in Centimeters:
150-250mm
d. Your favorite animal and UNIQUE adaptation.
Arctic Fox, thick fur
e.  Your favorite plants and UNIQUE adaptation
Arctic Willow, fuzzy hairs

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Aquatic Ecosystem
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Name(s): Emma and Holland
Your assigned biome or aquatic ecosystem: Lake Michigan
a.  Lake Michigan is a freshwater biome that is home to many animals and is the only great lake only in the United States.
b. Lake Michigan generally has a pH of 7.0 to 8.6.
c. Upland Zone
d. Rainbow trout live in Lake Michigan and have used their body shape in order to defend themselves and get away from danger.
e.  A lot of Common Waterweed lives in Lake Michigan as well and has had to learn to produce asexually because there are so few males.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vv_jQcjlLOuhmbZSOvQyS8Y8K8yiPXZXEDnAt8DWx2k/edit#slide=id.gf76ca74041_0_15

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Sangamon River, Mahomet Township, IL, USA

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Sangamon River, Mahomet Township, IL, USA

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Sangamon River, Mahomet Township, IL, USA

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Sangamon River, Mahomet Township, IL, USA

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