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Hō‘ike o Haleakalā Curriculum

High school science curriculum designed by Maui teachers and field biologists

Test

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sea urchin skeleton (C1)

Terrigenous

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originating from land, used to describe sand (C1)

Sources

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contributors to the materials found on a beach, such as coral skeletons, eroded rocks (C1)

Sinks

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places where beach sediments are stored/taken away from a beach, such as offshore (C1)

Shoreline setback

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the legally required distance from a structure to the shoreline (C1)

Shoreline armoring

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structures such as seawalls, revetments, and groins designed to slow coastal erosion (C1)

Sediment source

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a place or process that adds sand to the beach system (C1)

Sediment sink

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a place/process such as a crosscurrent that removes sand from a beach system (C1)

Sediment

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any material deposited by waves (C1)

Seawall

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a vertical or near-vertical type of shoreline armoring characterized by a smooth surface (C1)

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