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Marine Biology – Bio 20

Virtual Field trip to Corona Del Mar

Answer and submit the following for 30 points!

1) What are the main two factors or forces that cause tides?

2) Which of the two (from above) has the largest effect?

3) Write the formula for Newton’s law of Universal Gravitation:

4) Based on this equation, explain how it relates to question 2.

5) Using a tide table (such as at: https://www.tide-forecast.com/locations/Newport-Bay-Entrance-Corona-del-Mar-California-2/tides/latest)

When is the lowest tide and when is the highest tide for the current month?

6) Corona Del Mar is a Marine Protected Area or MPA.  What does that mean in terms of what you are allowed to do there?

7) What type of shoes should you NOT wear to the tidepools?

8) The starting path to the tidepools is on the corner of which two streets?

9) The marine rocky intertidal is divided into 4 zones (although some scientist will divide it into three or two instead).  Based on 4 zones, which zone do we typically start exploring the tidepools in and why?

Name 5 animals you saw in this video and using the internet (or just your memoryJ), fill out the remaining portions of the chart: