Estuaries Quiz
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  1. The estuary is where oceans and rivers mix salt water and fresh water.
    (True or False)
  2. New Jersey's largest estuary is Delaware Bay.
    (True or False)
  3. Some of the names for estuaries include: bays, lagoons, sounds and fjords.
    (True or False)
  4. Sandy Hook Bay averages 18 feet deep, and the ocean averages 2 1/2 miles deep.
    (True or False)
  5. The three mile Navy ammunition pier extends almost half way across Sandy Hook Bay.
    (True or False)
  6. The river that contributes most (90%) of the fresh water to Sandy Hook Bay is the Hudson River.
    (True or False)
  7. Estuaries and their wetlands are as productive as tropical rain forests.
    (True or False)
  8. Eighty percent of commercial food fishes and sport-fishes spend part of their life in estuaries like Sandy Hook Bay.
    (True or False)
  9. Sandy Hook Bay is the lower half of Raritan Bay which gets its name from the Lenape Indians.
    (True or False)
  10. Sandy Hook has semi-diurnal tides which means two high tides per day.
    (True or False)
  11. The first explorer to visit Sandy Hook Bay was probably Henry Hudson, sailing on the Half Moon in 1609.
    (True or False)
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