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/