Name: Jethro Gervin P.

Geriane Section: Emerald

Name of Biome: Picture/Image of the Biome:

Shoreline

Description of Biome:

Shorelines are where oceans and seas meet land. The

change is abrupt and sudden. The plants and animals that
call this transition zone home have interesting
adaptations. Some organisms make the shallow waters of
the shore their home. Others live on land, but have
adjusted to higher levels of salt in their environment.

Locations around the World:

The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans are the two largest oceans in the world and
occupy a combined area of roughly 104,900,000 square miles. Many nations
have a coastline on one of these oceans, but several countries have coastlines
on both. When considering whether a nation borders both oceans,
oceanographers consider the marginal seas, gulfs, and straits. Examples of
countries that border both the Atlantic and Pacific include Chile, Mexico, and
Guatemala. The full list is provided below.
Amount of Precipitation: Temperature range: Type of Soil:

The average amount of annual precipitation is: 965.0 mm 37°F to 76°F Sand
(37.99 in)

Describe the topography of your Biome:

A close look at the shoreline along most beaches will show that it is not straight or gently curved but rather that it displays a regularly
undulating surface much like a low-amplitude sine curve. This is seen both on the plan view of the shoreline and the topography of the
foreshore. The spacing is regular along a given reach of coast, but it may vary from place to place or from time to time at a given place.
At some locations, concentrations of gravel or shells may develop, forming beach cusps (more or less triangular deposits that point
seaward) during some wave conditions.
 ABIOTIC FACTORS OF THE BIOME BIOTIC FACTORS OF THE BIOME
sunlight Conger eel
temperature Snowy sheathbill
sand Estuarine crocodile
moisture Alligator weed
water Pickerelweed
Wind or water currents Water primrose

Interesting Facts about the Biome: Does your Biome has any endangered animals? If so, what kind?

 Shores are influenced by the topography of the surrounding  Hawksbill turtle

landscape, as well as by erosion caused by water, such as  Vaquita
waves. The geological makeup of rock and soil controls the  Blue whale
type of shore which is created. Erosion of sedimentary soils  Steller sea lion
can make a sandy or pebbly shore, usually called a beach.  Hammerhead shark
 Fin whale
 A shore includes the intertidal zone that is alternately  Hector’s dolphin
exposed and covered by waves and tides.  Hawaiian monk seal
 Green sea turtle
 A shore will often have a lighthouse on it to help ships in the
sea.

Animal adaptations for Biome and why animals need the adaptation Plant adaptations for Biome and why plants need to survive in
to survive in that Biome: that Biome:

Breathing Adaptations Plant structures vary greatly based on environment. This is

The first thing you'd need to figure out is how to breathe! Your
mouth and nose aren't made for breathing in water, so you'd need to
trade them for gills or a blowhole.
Gills
Gills are special breathing organs used by some oceanic animals like
fish and crabs. Ocean water has oxygen dissolved inside it. An
animal with gills is able to extract, or breathe in, the dissolved
oxygen from the ocean water and release, or breathe out, carbon
dioxide.
Blowhole
Some ocean animals, like dolphins and whales, don't have gills, so
they must breathe air just like you. However, instead of using their
mouth and nose, they breathe through an opening on top of their
heads called a blowhole.
especially true for plants living in water versus plants living on
land. Consider the differences in structure between tall blades of
grass and long strands of ocean seagrass. At first glance, they
might not seem so different.
Both grass and seagrass grow in clusters, and they're both long,
tall and green. But grass has adapted to be rigid in order to stand
upright. Seagrass, although it appears to grow upright, actually
uses gas-filled bladders on its leaves to float. In other words, the
water around it holds up its structure. If a long piece of seagrass
were removed from the water, it would no longer stand upright.

Dolphins use their blowholes to breathe.

blow
When the animal needs to take a breath, it swims to the surface of the
water and blows the stale air out of its body through its blowhole
before inhaling fresh air through the same hole.
Movement Adaptations
Legs can help you run fast on land, but they are not much help in the
ocean, so you'd want to trade in your legs for a more ocean-friendly
feature, like fins and a streamlined body.

Fins
Fins are the flat, wing-like structures on a fish that help it move