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Kill (body of water)

Kill (body of water) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kill (body of water) rather than just read about it. In short: A kill is a body of water, most commonly a creek, but also a tidal inlet, river, strait, or arm of the sea. The term is derived from the Middle Dutch kille (kil in modern Dutch), meaning "riverbed" or "water channel".

Key takeaways

Kill (body of water) belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Kill (body of water) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Kill (body of water) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

A kill is a body of water, most commonly a creek, but also a tidal inlet, river, strait, or arm of the sea. The term is derived from the Middle Dutch kille (kil in modern Dutch), meaning "riverbed" or "water channel". It is found in areas of Dutch influence in the Netherlands' former North American colony of New Netherland, primarily the Hudson and Delaware Valleys. The single 'l' spelling of 'kil' is the norm in modern Dutch geographical names, e.g. Dordtsche Kil, Sluiskil, or Kil van Hurwenen. It can occasionally be found in North America.

Examples

Freestanding "kill" Examples of the freestanding use of "kill" are:

Anthony Kill, in Saratoga County, New York which flows from Round Lake through the city of Mechanicville into the Hudson River. Arthur Kill and Kill Van Kull, both separating Staten Island, New York from New Jersey Batten Kill, Vermont and New York Bronx Kill between the Bronx and Randalls Island Normans Kill, an upper Hudson River tributary near Albany, New York Poesten Kill, a creek near Troy, New York Wynants Kill, another creek near Troy, New York West Kill, a creek in Greene County, New York West Kill, New York

Freestanding "kills" The plural form "kills" is also used; examples include:

Dutch Kills, a tributary of Newtown Creek, New York City Dutch Kills, a neighborhood of Long Island City, New York City English Kills, a tributary of Newtown Creek, New York City Fresh Kills, New York Great Kills, Staten Island, New York City

Composite names "Kill" is also joined with a noun to create a composite name for a place or body of water:

Catskill, New York Catskill Mountains, New York Catskill Creek which flows from the Catskill Mountains, New York to the Hudson River. Cobleskill, New York Cresskill, New Jersey Fishkill, New York Kaaterskill Clove, a deep gorge, or valley, in New York's eastern Catskill Mountains Kaaterskill Creek, a tributary of Catskill Creek Kaaterskill Falls Kaaterskill High Peak, one of the Catskill Mountains Peekskill, New York Poestenkill, New York Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania Spackenkill, New York Tenakill, New Jersey Raymondskill Falls, Pennsylvania Wallkill, New York Wynantskill, New York

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kill (body of water)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kill (body of water) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kill (body of water) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kill (body of water) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kill (body of water)

In research: Kill (body of water) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kill (body of water) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kill (body of water) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Bodies of water, Rivers of New Jersey, Rivers of New York (state), so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kill (body of water) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Kill (body of water) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Kill (body of water) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Kill (body of water) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Kill (body of water) in simple terms?

Why does Kill (body of water) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kill (body of water)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Kill (body of water).