Jekyll Jeopardy

We hope you enjoyed the game! Congrats Ms. Waldman's advisory. Do you know all these words?
Beach Ecology

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
Bivalve - Mollusks having two shells (like clams, oysters, and mussels)
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

Marsh Ecology

Anaerobic - without oxygen, as in anaerobic mud
Barrier island - long, narrow island lying parallel to the mainland and separated from it by bay, lagoon, or marsh
Detritus - particles of dead organic matter and the decomposers that live on it
Estuary - body of water partially surrounded by land where fresh water from rivers mixes with ocean water, creating an area of remarkable biological productivity
Hammock - areas of higher elevation in the salt marsh which support shrubs and trees
Salt marsh - a grassy area that extends along the shores of estuaries and sheltered coasts in temperate regions
Salt pan - an undrained area in a salt marsh in which water gathers and leaves a deposit of salt on evaporation
Spartina alterniflora - a tall perennial, plant which dominates the salt marshes of coastal Georgia
Tides - periodic changes in the height of the ocean caused by the gravitational forces of the moon and the sun

Maritine Forest Ecology

Canopy - the uppermost branchy layer of a forest
Climax community - a stable, long-established community of self-perpetuating organisms that tends not to change with time
Community - populations of all species that occupy a particular habitat and interact within that habitat
Dune ridge - upland ridges originally formed from sand dunes on relic beaches
Epiphyte - a plant that lives on another plant
Maritime forest - the forests by the sea that are characterized by live oaks, palms, and palmettos
Microclimate - the essentially uniform local climate of a small habitat
Pioneer plants - plants capable of establishing themselves in a bare area and initiating an ecological cycle
Salt-shearing - pruning of tree limbs, buds, and leaves the salt carried in the sea breezes
Slough - freshwater areas ranging from temporary ponds to permanent swamps and freshwater marshes, those on barrier islands are typically formed in swales where the surface of the ground is close to the water table
Succession - the changes in species composition that lead to a climax community
Swale - low area between dune ridges
Understory - the plants of a forest that grow low to the ground