Journals 2006/2007

Anna Hilton
Jennie Moore Elementary, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

"Monitoring, Assessment, and Prediction of Tidal Creeks in the Southeast Hollings Marine Laboratory, South Carolina" July 5, 2006 - August 18, 2006

Journal Index: March 25 - 26 July 5 - 6 - 14 - 17 - 18 - 19-1 - 19-2 - 25 August 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 18 Vocabulary

Vocabulary

ben·thic
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or occurring at the bottom of a body of water
2 : of, relating to, or occurring in the depths of the ocean

bi·ol·o·gy
Function: noun
1 : a branch of knowledge that deals with living organisms and life processes
2 a : the plant and animal life of a region or environment  b : the life processes of an organism or group

bio·avail·abil·i·ty
Function: noun
: the degree and rate at which a substance (as a contaminant) is absorbed into a living system

bi·o·ta
Function: noun
: the plants and animals of a region

bio·tech·nol·o·gy
Function: noun
: the manipulation (as by changing genetic material) of living things to produce useful products (as crops resistant to disease)

chem·is·try
Function: noun
1 : a science that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and with the changes that they go through
2 : chemical composition, properties, or processes <the chemistry of gasoline> <the chemistry of iron> <the chemistry of blood>

com·po·si·tion
Function: noun
1 : the parts or elements of something
2 : elements of a compound <the composition of rubber>

con·ser·va·tion
Function: noun
: a careful preservation and protection of something; especially : planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, pollution, destruction, or neglect

con·tam·i·nant
Function: noun
: something that contaminates

con·tam·i·nate
Function: verb
: to make impure or unfit for use by adding something harmful or unpleasant <wells contaminated by chemicals>

eco·sys·tem
Function: noun
: a group of plants and/or animals in one place that interact with all the nonliving things (soil, water, climate) and the other living things

en·vi·ron·men·tal
Function: adjective
: the surrounding conditions or forces (such as soil, climate, and living things) that control a plant or animal's ability to

es·tu·ary
Function: noun
: a passage where the tide meets a river current; especially : an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river

es·tu·a·rine
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or occurring in an estuary

fau·na
Function: noun
: animals or animal life especially of a region, period, or environment

for·ma·lin
Function: noun
: a clear aqueous solution of formaldehyde containing a small amount of methanol used especially as a preservative

Global Positioning System (GPS)
Function: noun
: a navigation system that uses satellite signals to find the location of a radio receiver on or above the earth's surface accurately determining the latitude and the longitude

hab·i·tat
Function: noun
: the place or type of place where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives or grows

ho·mog·e·nize
Function: verb
1 : to make homogeneous
2 : to reduce to small particles of uniform size and distribute evenly

in·ver·te·brate
Function: noun
: an animal (as a worm, clam, spider, or butterfly) that lacks a backbone

lab·o·ra·to·ry
Function: noun
: a place equipped for making scientific experiments and tests

mo·lec·u·lar
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or produced by molecules

mol·e·cule
Function: noun
1 : the smallest particle of a substance having all the characteristics of the substance <a molecule of water> <a molecule of oxygen>
2 : a very small bit : particle

pe·on
Pronunciation: 'pE-"än, -&n
Function: noun
1 : a member of the landless laboring class in Spanish America
2 : a person who does hard or dull work
- pe·on·age /'pE-&-nij/ noun

pore·wa·ter
Function: noun
: water sampled from within the sediments

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re·search
Function: noun
1 : careful study and investigation for the purpose of discovering and explaining new knowledge
2 : the collecting of information

ru·ral
Function: adjective
: of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture

sed·i·ment
Pronunciation: 'se-d&-m&nt
Function: noun
1 : the material from a liquid that settles to the bottom
2 : material (as stones and sand) deposited by water, wind, or glaciers

sieve
Function: noun
: a device with meshes or holes to separate finer particles from coarser ones or solids from liquids

tox·ic
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or caused by a poison or toxin
2 : poisonous

tox·ic·i·ty
Function: noun
Amount of toxins