Glossary
Claim:
A statement that takes a position on a particular issue by answering a question or addressing a problem.
Desalination:
The process of removing salt from ocean water so that the water can be used.
Explicit:
Claim directly stated.
Implicit:
Claim NOT directly stated. Reader must infer by examining the evidence and reasoning presented.
Reverse-osmosis desalination:
The process of removing salt from water by running the water through a membrane, or a thin-layer such as a net.
Semipermeable:
Allowing some molecules, mostly small, to pass through but preventing other, mostly larger, particles from passing through.
