Definitions-+AT&T

__//** Ch. 1 definitions: a natural history of the Chicago Region **//__ Moraine- a deposit of such material left on the ground by a glacier  - I picked this picture because the arrow clearly points at the part of the picture that is a moraine.-

Alluvium- a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries  - I picked this picture because the alluvium deposits are the most dominant feature.-

Esker- a serpentine ridge of gravelly and sandy drift, believed to have been formed by streams under or in glacial ice  - I picked this picture because the definition described an esker as serpintine, and the picture looks like a snake.-

Ebbing- a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) [T-Walker] An ebbing tide, because the waves gradually get larer and larger.

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Dolomite- a kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer [T-Walker] (the best picture to me because it shows a pretty large portion of the rock) This is dolomite rock. [T-Walker]

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">Aborreal- arborical: of or relating to or formed by trees; "an arborous roof" inhabiting or frequenting trees; "arboreal apes" resembling a tree in form and branching structure; "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"; "dendriform sponges" [T-Walker]

arborial alligator lizard (It actually looks like a fake toy animal. Pretty cool)

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Nourish- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">T.T

__//**Chapter 2 defintions:In Quality Unexcelled: Prairie Types and Composition**//__

**Glimpse-** A brief, incomplete view or lookT.T I picked this picture because an the definition it says its a small view.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Legume- the pod or seed vessel of a plant from the legume family. [AB]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I picked this picture because peas are a member of the legume family. [AB]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kaleidoscope- an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other [AB]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This is a picture that shows what it looks like when people look through a kaleidoscope. [AB]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">endemic- natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; [AB]

The fern frond is a plant endemic to Chicago.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Lament- a cry of sorrow and grief (tw) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(This is a beautiful peice of artwork and it was actually a picture expressing a poem)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Herbicide- a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth (tw) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">

(Herbicide for wooded plants) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Senescence- aging: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age.(tw)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">(Does a good job of showing exactly how the plant looks while aging)

__**Chapter 3 Definitions: In Quality Diminished; Prairie Settlement and Conservation**__ proselytize- to recruit or convert especially to a new faith, institution, or cause [AB]

This picture shows proselytizing because it uses symbols to express and atheist person being converted.

panegyrics- a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing [AB] This is a picture of Marquette and Joliet who wrote panegyrics about their expedition to Chicago. [AB]

Hoosiers- a native or inhabitant of Indiana This is a picture of some Hoosiers. When they first tried to save the priries, the Hoosiers helped

instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end (TW) This is a pic of an aircraft instrumentation unencumber - To free something from incumbrance; To remove a burden, load or charge from something or someone (TW) This lady is unencumbering this bird or removing it's burden of not being free

'Ecotourism (also known as ecological tourism') is responsible travel to fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas that strives to be low impact and (often) small scale. ... (TW)

a couple (vanessa garnick and tristan bayer) play two ecotourist on a tv. show