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4H Beach Ecology
Jekyll Island Environmental Studies Pre-trip Vocabulary - Beach
| Beach Ecology | Georgia 4H Jekyll Island |
|---|---|
| Accretion | building up of land by physical forces |
| Barrier island | long, narrow island lying parallel to the mainland and separated from it by bay, lagoon, or marsh |
| Continental Shelf | remaining submerged portion of the coastal plain |
| Continental Slope | the actual edge of the continent whose slope rapidly falls to a deep plateau and eventually into the ocean depths |
| Erosion | process of being gradually worn away |
| Georgia bight (South Atlantic bight) | inward-curving shape of the coast line stretching from Cape Hatteras, NC to Miami, FL |
| Longshore current | current that runs parallel to the shore within the surf zones |
| Sandbar | submerged or exposed line of sand accumulated by wave action |
| Sand dunes | a hill of sand piled up by the wind |
| Sea oats | a tall grass (Uniola panicolata) that grows on the coast of the southern U.S. and helps hold the sand dunes together |
| Tides | periodic changes in the height of the ocean caused by the gravitational forces of the moon and the sun |
| Univalve | Mollusks having only one shell (like snails, whelks, conchs) |
| Wrack | debris washed up along the high tide line of a beach |
| Bivalve | Mollusks having two shells (like clams, oysters, and mussels) |
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