Long Island Sound

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/long-island-sound

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How wide is Long Island Sound?Approximately 21 miles (34 km)
2. How deep is Long Island Sound?Ranges from 65 to 230 feet (20 to 70 m)
3. What is Long Island Sound?Long Island Sound is a big body of water between Connecticut and Long Island. It stretches about 110 miles long and connects the Atlantic Ocean to the mainland.
4. Why is Long Island Sound important for fish?It is a nursery where many fish, like striped bass and winter flounder, grow before they move to other waters. This helps keep the fish population healthy.

Tidal Estuary: A coastal body of water where freshwater rivers meet saltwater seas, influenced by tidal flows.
Brackish Water: Water that has more salinity than freshwater but less than seawater, typically found in estuaries.
Eutrophication: The excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.