Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
LIFE’S A BEACH - Coggle Diagram
LIFE’S A BEACH
THE BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT
The ocean floor, which extends from the intertidal zone to the deep ocean trenches
Coral reefs
soft-bodied animals,
Found in warm,
shallow waters
Sea Grasses
Flowering plants adapted to live in sea water
Stabilize sediments
reduce erosion
High primary productivity
Kelp forests
Largest and most complex of all seaweeds
Brown algae
Primary food producers for kelp forest ecosystem
Provide habitat for many marine organisms
Tubeworms
sponges
sea cucumbers
clams
Intertidal zones
The area of shoreline between the low and high tides
BEACH
sand/sediment along a
coast.
Shore
Backshore
Foreshore
Nearshore
Offshore
Beach Material
Sand
Gravel
Pebbles
Fragments of living material
Dunes
Mature dune
Dune slack
Grey dune
Yellow dune
Fore dune
Embryo dune
MANGROVE FOREST
COASTAL
CLASSIFICATION
Changes with respect to sea level
Emergent (Erosional coasts)
caused by either an uplift of the land,
or a drop in sea level
Cliffs & a “straight”
the cave will continue to the other
side
CLASSIFICATION
Wave-cut platforms
Marine terraces
Submergent (Depositional coast)
caused when land adjacent to sea
subsides
Estuaries
Spits & Baymouth
Barrier islands
Deltas
Tombolos
Type of erosional activity
Erosional
Depositional