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Lifes a beach - Coggle Diagram
Lifes a beach
Beach
Sand/sediment along coast
Shore
Seaward lowest tide to waves influence on land
Backshore - submerged
Foreshore - extends past low tide
Nearshore - low-tide shoreline to low-tide breaker line
Offshore - low-tide to limit of wave reworking
Classify beach
Shape and structure
Size materials
Composition
Color
Beach material
Sand
Gravel
Pebbles
Fragment of living matorial shells, skeletons of marine organism
Benthic Environment
Ocean floor extends from intertidal zone to deep ocean trenches
consists sand and mud
Burrowing animals
Bacteria
Warms
Clams
Intertidal zones
Area of shoreline between low and high tides
Biologically productive habitat
Life
Coral reef
Accumulated skeletons produce coral reefs
protect coastlines from erosion
Soft body animals
Kelp forest
Largest and most complex all seaweed
Brown algae
Very diverse eco-system