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Buffalo River
A Day in the Life of the Buffalo River
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| turbidity | cloudiness of the water |
| precipitation | rain, sleet, snow or hail |
| weather conditions | rainy, windy, hot, cold |
| macroinvertebrate | organisms that are large (macro) enough to be seen with your eyes and do not have a backbone (invertebrate). |
| overcast | lots of clouds covering the sky |
| observe | to look at and notice something |
| habitat | the area in which an animal naturally lives |
| Beaufort Scale | used for figuring out wind speed |
| biodiversity | the variety of species found in an area |
| ecosystem | a community of organisms living together |
| marsh | an area of shallow water with many plants growing through the water's surface |
| thermal pollution | Water that is heated and then flows into a water source such as the Buffalo River. It can cause a dangerous rise in temperature. |
| aquatic | animals that live in water |
| adaptation | a feature that allows an organism to adjust to different environmental conditions |
| organism | a living thing |
| metamorphosis | a change in the form of a living thing as it goes through its life cycle |
| invertebrate | animals without backbones (like insects, macroinvertebrates) |
| vertebrate | an animal with a backbone (includes fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals) |
| photosynthesis | the process by which plants make their own food using the sun |
| Secchi disk (seck-ee) | a black and white disk that is lowered into water until it disappears from sight |
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