LIFE ON THE SEASHORE 301 



Life along the seacoast is divided into zones. The upper zone 



above high tide has little (1) , a few (2) , (3) , and sea 



(4) The zone between high and low tide is teeming with 



life. On the rocks are found many (5) , mussels being the 



most plentiful, while different kinds of slow moving (6) are 



also found there. Clams (7) in the sand while other mollusks 



like (8) or (9) live on its surface. Many worms, both 



(10) and smooth, also live in the sand. Sea (11) are in 



the tidal pools, along with small (12) , many (13) , seaweeds, 



and mollusks. Under stones we find (14) worms and on the 



rocks many forms of red, brown, or yellow (15) 



STORY TEST 



DICK TELLS ABOUT His TRIP TO THE SHORE 

 Read carefully and critically. List all the errors and suggest corrections. 



Several of our class organized a trip to the shore last week. We 

 consulted the tide tables and found high tide was in the afternoon, 

 so we went then. We went to Rocky Point and found the water 

 calm so we could get out on the rocks. They were mostly under 

 water and covered with seaweeds, so we couldn't find many living 

 animals. I fished for a while and got some small fish and a big 

 crab. I saw some gray grasshoppers on the rocks and lots of gulls 

 appeared to be catching them. I also saw millions, I guess, of 

 little sandhoppers just above the high-water mark on the rocks. 

 But on the whole I should say there were not many kinds of living 

 things on the beach or rocks. This doesn't agree with our book; 

 I wonder why. 



THE REVIEW SUMMARY 



This unit will be a little difficult for you to make a summary on 

 because much of the material has to do with ways in which you can 

 identify the plants and animals in certain localities. But there are 

 some big ideas or generalizations which we can make. See if you 

 can add any to the list that follows : 



1. Living things respond to stimuli and adjust themselves to 

 their surroundings. 



2. Living things can change food into living matter. 



