And the Waters Turned to Blood: Chapters 3-4

And the Waters Turned to Blood: Chapters 3-4

  1. Phycology (Pg.8) Noun: the study of algae and aquatic ecosystems
  2. Entomology (Pg. 8) Noun: the study of insects 
  3. Dinoflagellate (Pg. 38) Noun: a a large group of flagellate protists which can cause algae blooms called red tides. 
  4. Scanning Electron Microscope (Pg. 39) Noun: a type of electron microscope that can produce a highly detailed image of a sample with a magnification range of up to 6 orders of magnitude by scanning it over it with a focused beam of electrons. 
  5. Phytotron (Pg. 42) Noun: a greenhouse used exclusively to grow and experiment with plants. 
  6. alga (Pg. 45) Noun: photosynthetic autotrophic organisms
  7. cyst (Pg. 45) (microbial) Noun: a resting or dormant stage of a microorganism, usually a bacterium or a protist or rarely an invertebrate animal that helps the organism to survive in unfavorable environmental conditions.
  8. Pfiesteria piscicida (Pg. 44) Noun: a dinoflagellate species that was responsible for harmful red tides in North Carolina
  9. Fish Kill (Pg. 49) Noun: a localized die-off of fish populations caused by lost of oxidation, algae blooms, overpopulation, disease, parasites, or toxicity.  
  10. "Fish walks" (Pg. 49) Noun: moving of fish to the shores of lakes or rivers where waves were breaking and re-aerating the water in an attempt to gain oxygen.   

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3 Responses to “And the Waters Turned to Blood: Chapters 3-4”

  1. Kevin_CPUOctober 21, 2012 at 4:15 PM

    Thanks for defining "phytotron." While I was reading, I was literally staring at the word, trying to figure out what the meaning of it was.

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  2. UnknownOctober 21, 2012 at 10:40 PM

    I agree with what Kevin posted above. The definition of entomology was also very helpful.

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  3. UnknownOctober 24, 2012 at 12:36 PM

    I had learned what Fish Kill was freshman year. Now that I've read it in our book. I was able to understand it more thoroughly. Any who I don't really think Fish Kill and Fish Walks are really words,but more like sayings. Otherwise, than that you made a good choice of words because half of this i did not understand.

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