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Coastal Community Vocabulary
1. abiotic
• A= without
• Bio= life
• Nonliving parts in an environment
• Ex: rocks, water, air, salt
2. biotic
• Bio= life
• Living parts in an environment
• Ex: plants, animals, bacteria
3. detritus
• any disintegrated material; debris.
• Ex: dead animals/plant materials
4.nocturnal
• Noct= night
• active at night
• Ex: owls, foxes, raccoons, hamsters
5. diurnal
• “daily”
• active by day
• Ex: certain birds and insects , humans
6. crepuscular
• Becoming active at twilight or before sunrise, or dusk.
• Ex: bats, certain insects (mosquito), birds, deer
7. aquatic
• Aqua= water
• Refers to water
• Ex: aquarium
8. terrestrial
• Terra= earth
• an animal that lives on the land
• Ex: extraterrestrial, terrain, terra cotta
9. habitat
• is Latin for "it inhabits"
•area that is lived in by a particular species •Ex: ocean, rainforest trees, bat cave
10. brackish
• slightly salty; having a salty or briny flavor
11.salinity
• Saline= salt
• dissolved salt content of a body of water
12.adaptation
• Any change in the structure or functioning of an organism that makes it better suited to its environment
• Ex: structural (fins, wings) behavioral (echolocation)
13. saline
• Saline= salt
• salt
• Ex: saline solution
14. Seining net
• large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water by attaching weights along the bottom edge and floats along the top
15. triboluminescence
• Tri= three
• Lumere= light
• Light from friction (mechanical energy)
16. bioluminescence
• Bio= life
• Lumere= light
• the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction
• Ex: jellyfish
17. Tidal creek
• the portion of a stream that is affected by ebb and flow of ocean tides.
• Different levels of salinity occur
18. Estuary
• Aestus= Latin for tide
• places where rivers meet the sea
• They are made up of brackish water.
• Nursery ground for many animals
19. Point source pollution
• single identifiable localized source of air, water, thermal, noise or light pollution.
• Ex: smoke stack, street light ,wastewater, jet engine noise
20. Non-point pollution
• water from rainfall and snowmelt flows through the landscape, carrying contaminants from many different sources.
• Ex: farming pesticides, fertilizers on golf courses, landscaping, pools
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