Coastal Habitats & Habitat Change

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Coastal Habitats & Habitat Change

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Nookling — Coastal Habitats & Habitat Change Hidden Home Vault

Hi!

I'm Nookling.

Welcome to Hidden Home Vault!

Will you help me investigate coastal habitats & habitat change?

The Grumblies have mixed up our clues.

Let's check the evidence!

Coastal habitats connect land and sea.

Tides, salt, waves and shelter make conditions change through time.

What connects coastal conditions to change?

  • A. Only the color of shore rocks
  • B. Tides and waves
  • C. A permanently fixed waterline

The answer is B: Tides and waves

Coastal habitats connect land and sea.

Tides, salt, waves and shelter make conditions change through time.

That clue helps us make sense of this place.

Habitat loss can remove food or safe living spaces.

Protecting one feature may help,

but a plan should consider the organism's whole set of needs.

Which feature was lost in our record?

  • A. Nesting cover
  • B. All feeding areas
  • C. The map legend

The answer is A: Nesting cover

Our shore record shows nesting cover removed while nearby feeding areas remain.

Restoring appropriate cover addresses the documented loss;

it does not prove every other need is already met.

Hmm...

how does that connect to our first clue?

Our shore record shows nesting cover removed while nearby feeding areas remain.

Restoring appropriate cover addresses the documented loss;

it does not prove every other need is already met.

Which plan addresses that loss?

  • A. Remove the remaining shelter
  • B. Remove more cover
  • C. Restore suitable cover

The answer is C: Restore suitable cover

Our shore record shows nesting cover removed while nearby feeding areas remain.

Restoring appropriate cover addresses the documented loss;

it does not prove every other need is already met.

Nice investigating!

You've been following the evidence.

Let's bring our clues together before the adventure.

Coastal habitats connect land and sea.

Habitat loss can remove food or safe living spaces.

Our shore record shows nesting cover removed while nearby feeding areas remain.

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