logging in or signing up Naturescapes Saltwater sdiana Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 6 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 30, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description Plants and creatures from the saltwater habitat of SE CT Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide 1: As you view the following slideshow, try to identify each common plant or creature that resides in SE Connecticut’s ocean habitat. Check you knowledge against the answers on the final slide! Plants and Creatures of SE Connecticut’s Saltwater HabitatSeaweed # 1: Seaweed # 1 * My poppers are full of air. * These air bladders help me to float near the water’s surface at high tide. * If you snap my poppers, they will squirt water. * I provide a hiding place,but not food, for marine creatures. What type am I?Seaweed # 2: Seaweed # 2 * I am eaten by snails and crabs . * I can be eaten by humans. What type am I?Seaweed # 3: Seaweed # 3 I am used to help thicken pudding, ice cream and toothpaste What type am I?Seaweed # 4: Seaweed # 4 * I am the largest seaweed found in CT. * I can be up to 50 feet long in CT and up to 200 feet long in the Pacific Ocean. * My texture is leathery. * I am a food source for marine creatures. * I am a brown algae. What type am I?Plant # 1: Plant # 1 * I am a plant with actual roots. * I grow in the sand. * I have grass-like leaves. * Seahorses like to lice in me. What type am I?Creature #1: Creature #1 * Most local crabs walk but I can swim. * My back “legs” are really swimmerets. * I am named after a color. What creature am I?Creature # 2: Creature # 2 Purple dots on the ends of my rays are actually eyes. If I lose a ray, it will grow back during the next year. Suction cups on the bottoms of my tube feet help pull me over the ground. I send my stomach out to digest prey. What is my new name?Creature # 3: Creature # 3 We are the egg cases for Connecticut’s largest snail. Some people say they can hear the ocean when I am held up to their ear. What type of snail am I?Creature # 4: Creature # 4 * I am NOT a crab. * I am related to spiders and ticks. * I have not teeth and will not bite. * If you put your finger in my mouth, it will feel like I am pinching you. My tail is used for protection and to flip myself over. What creature am I?Choices: Choices Channel Whelk: Eel grass: Blue crab Rockweed Sea lettuce Horseshoe Crab Kelp Irish Moss Sea Star You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Naturescapes Saltwater sdiana Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 6 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 30, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description Plants and creatures from the saltwater habitat of SE CT Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide 1: As you view the following slideshow, try to identify each common plant or creature that resides in SE Connecticut’s ocean habitat. Check you knowledge against the answers on the final slide! Plants and Creatures of SE Connecticut’s Saltwater HabitatSeaweed # 1: Seaweed # 1 * My poppers are full of air. * These air bladders help me to float near the water’s surface at high tide. * If you snap my poppers, they will squirt water. * I provide a hiding place,but not food, for marine creatures. What type am I?Seaweed # 2: Seaweed # 2 * I am eaten by snails and crabs . * I can be eaten by humans. What type am I?Seaweed # 3: Seaweed # 3 I am used to help thicken pudding, ice cream and toothpaste What type am I?Seaweed # 4: Seaweed # 4 * I am the largest seaweed found in CT. * I can be up to 50 feet long in CT and up to 200 feet long in the Pacific Ocean. * My texture is leathery. * I am a food source for marine creatures. * I am a brown algae. What type am I?Plant # 1: Plant # 1 * I am a plant with actual roots. * I grow in the sand. * I have grass-like leaves. * Seahorses like to lice in me. What type am I?Creature #1: Creature #1 * Most local crabs walk but I can swim. * My back “legs” are really swimmerets. * I am named after a color. What creature am I?Creature # 2: Creature # 2 Purple dots on the ends of my rays are actually eyes. If I lose a ray, it will grow back during the next year. Suction cups on the bottoms of my tube feet help pull me over the ground. I send my stomach out to digest prey. What is my new name?Creature # 3: Creature # 3 We are the egg cases for Connecticut’s largest snail. Some people say they can hear the ocean when I am held up to their ear. What type of snail am I?Creature # 4: Creature # 4 * I am NOT a crab. * I am related to spiders and ticks. * I have not teeth and will not bite. * If you put your finger in my mouth, it will feel like I am pinching you. My tail is used for protection and to flip myself over. What creature am I?Choices: Choices Channel Whelk: Eel grass: Blue crab Rockweed Sea lettuce Horseshoe Crab Kelp Irish Moss Sea Star