PORTS Scavenger Hunt Log Sheet




Name: ________________________

Instructions:

Go to the PORTS site. Travel through the site and search for the answers to the questions below. Happy hunting!


  1. What does PORTS stand for? _________________________

  2. PORTS was developed by ___________________________ in cooperation with the

    _________________________.

  3. How many many data collection stations are there? _________________________

  4. Which station collects data related to wave height? _________________________

  5. What does the Tampa Bay P.O.R.T.S. map use to indicate what is measured at each station?

    _________________________

  6. What gauge is in the center of the photograph of the Port Manatee site? _________________________

  7. What is the latitude and longitude of the Egmont Channel station? _________________________

  8. What is zulu time? _________________________

  9. What is NOAA? _________________________

  10. What is the ID number of the data collection station that is located farthest north?

    _________________________

  11. Go to the St. Petersburg data collection station site and find the chart titled Water Elevation above MLLW at St. Petersburg.

    • What does MLLW mean? _________________________

    • What does the red line represent? _________________________

    • What does the green line represent? _________________________

  12. What is the latitude and longitude of the Anna Maria data collection site? _________________________

    • What data are recorded at this site?

      • 1. _________________________

      • 2. _________________________

      • 3. _________________________

      • 4. _________________________

      • 5. _________________________

      • 6. _________________________