| Term | Definition |
|---|
| detritus | dead organic matter |
| salinity | measure of salt content in water |
| spartina | hardy grass that lives in salt marsh |
| brackish | mix of fresh and salt water |
| estuary | body of water behing barrier island, where fresh and salt water mix |
| salt pruning | process when salt spray kills plant growth |
| salt wedge | salt water moving under(sinking due to density) freshwater into estuary |
| tidal zone | area on beach between low and high tides |
| freshwater lens | area of freshwater that rests on top of salty water table under barrier islands |
| ebb | from high to low tide |
| flow | from low to high tide |
| well | used to pump groundwater to the surface for household use |
| plume | area of moving groundwater that is contaminated with a pollutant |
| street map | map used to identify human made features |
| contour lines | the isolines that connects points of equal elevation on topographic map |
| aquifer | permeable earth materials that collect and store ground water |
| germination | sprouting growth of plant from a seed |
| water table | the upper boundary of groundwater |
| geological cross section | map used to identify type of earth materials beneath a city or town |
| bedrock (clay) | an example of natural aquitard |
| non point | type of water pollution that washes into storm sewers from many places, such as parking lots and golf courses |
| qualitative data | data collected as words or descriptions |
| surface water | fresh water that is above ground in lakes, ponds, rivers and more |
| watershed | the entire area of land that is drained by a river (drained basin) |
| dam | a structure built across a river or stream that restricts the flow of water traveling downstream |
| reservoir | an artificial lake |
| groundwater | water that seeps underground |
| aquifers | large amounts of groundwater are found in undurground rock fromations called... |
| recharge zone | the area of land from which the groundwater originates |
| pathogens | bacteria that comes from wastes (feces) |
| organic matter | dead animals... |
| organic chemicals | fertilizers, gas (organic) |
| inorganic chemicals | not "natural" human tissue ex. acids, salts |
| permeable | liquids can "flow through" |
| impermeable | liquids cannot soak or flow through |
| storm drain | collects run off |
| biological magnification | proccess by which increasing amounts of toxins are stored in the bodies of organisms as the toxins move up the food chain |
| inlet | break in barrier island connecting ocean and lagoon |
| barrier islands | secondary coasts of mainland |
| elongate | to stretch out |
| erosion | wearing away of the land by the action of water, ice, or wind |
| cape | strip of land projecting into a body of water |
| island migration | movement of barrier islands due to deposition and erosion |
| glacial meltwater | sediment-laden water from glaciers |
| marsh peat | organic matter from salt marsh |
| sediment | mineral or organic matter deposited by water, ice, or wind |
| desalinization | removal of salt from salt water |
| distillation | removal of salt by heating |
| reverse osmosis | removal of salt by filtering through a membrane |
| sludge | leftovers from treated sewage water |
| fecal coliform | organisms indicating the presence of pathogens |
| dd | dd |
| artificial eutrophication | removal of dissolved oxygen because of growth of algal blooms |
| thermal pollution | heat causing pollution |
| bmp | best management process |
| hhw | house hold waste (paint and cleaning supplies) |
| rain barrel | barrel that collects rain water |
| rain garden | adding pervious surfaces |
| dissolved oxygen | oxygen in water |
| algal bloom | bloom of algae because of fertilizers and other things entering water |
| turbidity | amount of sediment in water-causes water to be murky |
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