We started our trip by getting separated into two buses and driving the two hours to Odiorne Point national park. Once we got there Mr. Woolner quickly told us to come back at 11 to make sure that we were still alive. Then he told us we could go and explore. We all ran down to the rocks trying our very hardest not to fall and break our legs. When we got to the water the cold water pierced my toes as I looked down hoping to find little crabs. At 11 we all went up to the picnic tables to have our tasty lunch and chill with friends. After lunch we spent a little time on the playground and then went back down to the tidepools. At about 12:05 we all loaded on the bus and started talking about all the fun we had. On the way back we stopped for ice cream at Johnsons and when everyone was done eating we started on the long trek home. We got home two minutes before the bell rang.
Tides occur when the Moon and the Earth get attracted to each other and form bulges and when the Moon goes around it pulls the bulges. When the Moon goes around the Earth the place it’s closest to makes it bulge and cause high tide. When the Earth is on the opposite side of some place low tide causes.
The first intertidal zone is the black zone or the splash zone. The rocks in the black zone are only black because of the hydrochloric acid which makes the rocks turn black. This zone only gets wet in severe storms or from huge waves
The second intertidal zone is the white zone. The rocks in this zone are actually black but all the white barnacles turn the rocks a splotchy white. This zone only gets a little wet when the tide reaches its highest peak.
The third zone is the brown zone which is only brown because the brown plants that grow on it such as rockweed and knotted wrack. The brown zone is wet most of the time but is only above water at the lowest of low tides.
The last intertidal zone is the red zone which is always submerged in water. The red zone is red because of the Irish Moss that covers all the rocks and gives it a burnt red sort of color.
At Odiorne Point I saw many types of kelp such as rockweed, knotted wrack, sugar kelp, and horsetail kelp. I also saw tons of little creatures such as baby lobsters, tons of green crabs, limpits, sea urchins, a starfish, barnacals, mussels, nudibranchs, and hermit crabs. I also got to see the drowned forest which is millions of years old, I also found the one and only grown lobster.
I think the most variety is in the subtidal zone because I saw crabs, baby and grown lobsters, kelp, sea urchins, and tons more. The subtidal zone was a home to tons of not only kelp but also creatures that swim and walk. I think the subtidal has the most variety because it's always wet and kelp needs water to make sure it does not dry up. Baby lobsters also need water because they're always swimming and if there were no water they wouldn't be able to move. Keeping kelp and baby lobsters alive is very important because periwinkles need to be able to graze on the kelp and tons of things like to eat baby lobsters.
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