1. Coast Vocabulary

2. Estuary mouth of a river where river's current meets the sea's tide.

3. Ocean Large body of salt water that covers ¾ of earth's surface.

4. River natural stream of water fairly large flows in definite course or series of diverging and converging channels.

5. Tidal Creek wetlands situated in channelswetlands channels water flows both ways due to tides.waterflowstides

6. brackish Water mixed with salt mixedsalt Aka: briny

7. salinity salty water a salty solution

8. decomposer Mushrooms Fungi bacteria Organisms that break down dead materials.

9. detritus disintegrated material; debris.

10. diurnal active by day Ex: certain birds and insects Ex: Humans Ex: fly Butterfly Turtles Eagle

11. nocturnal active at night

12. crepuscular appearing or active in the twilight

13. plankton small or microscopic organisms float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water near the surface food for fish and other larger organisms. Ex: algae, protozoans,

14. zooplankton Group of animal or animal like organisms in plankton

15. phytoplankton Minute, free-floating aquatic plants.

16. Point Source Pollution single identifiable source of pollution from which pollutants are discharged Ex: pipe, ditch, ship or factory smokestack

17. Non-Point Source Pollution pollution occurs as a result of runoff.