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Word Splash
Estuary Erosion British-Petroleum Mudflats
DFOoverharvesting of fisheries Marine Pollution
Domino Effect salmon Fjord Seawalls Draggers
Bar-Built Salt-marshes Rocky Shores Oil-Spills
Plastic Bottles Tectonic Absorbent Materials toxins
Human Sewage/waste Development Human-error
greed Coastal-Plain moving sand coastal zones
Oceans Act Habitat Degradation and Destruction
Inland Coast Guard Monitoring and Surveillance Programs
Global Climate Change Human Population Growth
Beaches Exxon Valdex North Atlantic Cod
Photo Recognition
Question and Answer Period
Q & A• Where is oil often found resting after an accidental oil spill in the
ocean?• Name all four types of estuaries and describe how they are formed?• Summarize who is charge of monitoring and surveying our oceans• Explain how human population growth influences coastal zones.
Give at least two specific examples. • Explain the viscous cycle that takes place when one stock of fish is
overharvested. How might this affect unknowing species?• I have just purchased 300 acres of land and I want to build an
apartment building on the land… what steps do I have to take? Why do municipalities do this?
• What are the benefits of living on the coast? Are there additional resources available that may be absent inland? Name two consequences of living on a coastal body of water.
• Define erosion and explain how it can alter a particular coastline?• When was Canada’s Ocean Act established? What does it entail?• Give one real life example/method for dealing with an oil spill in the
open oceans/