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Life on the Coast: Eelgrass
1. Eelgrass is a type of seaweed. True / False
2. Seagrass coverage is being lost globally at
a rate of 1.5% a year
True / False

3. Latin name for 4. What color is 5. What can be found

eelgrass. eelgrass? on Sidney island
a. Marina diffusa a. Red a. Eelgrass meadow
b. Zostera marina b. Bright green b. Fallow deer
c. Thuja plicata c. Dull green c. Red bricks
d. Zostera muelleri d. Brown d. All answers above

6. Name three threats to eelgrass.

1.
2.
3.

7a. What is a foundation species?

7b. Example of a foundation species

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8. How does eelgrass help its ecosystem?

9. What is the order of the food chain?

a. Plankton → bigger creatures → Small filter feeders
b. Small filter feeders → Plankton → bigger creatures
c. Plankton → Small filter feeders → bigger creatures
d. bigger creatures → Small filter feeders → Plankton

10. What are the impacts of eelgrass being

threated?

11. What is eelgrass transplanting?

12. What is one thing you do to help the ocean?

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