| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Primary Coast | Rough, irregular and formed by processes occuring on land |
| Emergent Coast | Land that has been lifted, typically rocky shorelines |
| Submergent Coast | Land that has been drowned by sea level rise, heavy sediment on top of bedrock |
| Secondary Coast | Shaped by wave erosion or marine life and formed by processes ocurring at sea |
| Barrier Island | Formed about 18,000 years ago at the end of last Ice Age; Formed by waves, currents, tides, wind, sea level change, storms |
| Adaptation | Changing accordingly to your surroundings |
| Detritus | Dead, rotting organic matter |
| Salt Marsh | 80% of all seafood taken in N.C. spends time here; Nursery and Feeding Ground |
| Maritime Forest | Oldest and most stable barrier island zone |
| Tide | Caused by moon's gravitational pul |
| White Ibis | Has curved bill to hunt in mud |
| Ebb | High to low tide |
| Sediment | Sand, soil or organic matter |
| Primary Dune | Foredune |
| Marsh Peat | Evidence of island migration |
| Salinity | Measure of salt in water |
| Eutrophication | Causes loss of oxygen in waters |
| Mississippi | North American delta |
| Delta | Sediment deposit at the mouth of a river |
| Salt Pruning | Shapes and slpoes plants; salt stops/kills growth |
| Island Migration | Movement of barrier islands |
| Ghost Crab | Crab in sand dune-Nocturnal, Burrows in Sand, Scavenger, Has Gills |
| Atlantic Ribbed Mussel | Uses byssal threads to root themselves into mud; Opens shells at hightide to get nutrients and close them at lowtide |
| Current | Partially cause by ocean convection; This might help but it might confuse you (if it confuses you ignore it, if it helps use it)-The "Pull" of the tides- I hope that helps |
| Ebb | High to low tide |
| Flow | Low to high tide |
| Freshwater Lense | Freshwater resting on top of salt water under Barrier Islands |
| Inlet | Allows sea water to enter the sound |
| Glacial Meltwater | Carried sediment to form first barrier islands |
| Snowy Egred | Bird Living in Salt Marsh; Doesn't have a curved bill |
| Erosion | Removal of land by action of ise, wind, or water |
| Longshore Current | Hits Beach at an angle, moving sand parallel to coast |
| Brackish | Mix of salt and freshwater |
| Overwash | Washes over the barrier island depositing sediment directly to the sound side of the island |
| Spartina | Cord grass in salt marsh |
| Tidal Zone | Area of beach between high and low tide |
| Cape | Land mass that "juts" into the ocean |
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