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| to assume based on prior knowledge |
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| Area where all the water drains into one body of water |
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| Water (rain) that doesn't sink into the ground |
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| Water found in lakes, rivers and streams |
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| Sediment (dirt) moved by water or wind |
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| A body of water where fresh and salt water mix |
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| A body of water that empties into a larger body of water |
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| Water can't go through ground |
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| A man made pond that holds storm water |
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•traps sediment
•traps storm water, lets it sink into ground
•prevents storm water from eroding into other streams |
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| 3 purposes of retention pond |
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true or false?
another word for stormwater is surface water |
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surface water is found underground |
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true or false?
an impervious surface is a surface that water can't go through |
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| the nation's largest estuary |
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| What are the two explanations of how the bay was formed |
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-a meteorite punched through the ocean, which was then a rock, and left a whole twice the size of Rhode Island
-the last glaciers melted and flooded the river valley of the Susquehana River, creating the Chesapeake Bay |
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| What does cheasapeake mean |
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| Who exlpored the bay in the early 1600's |
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| How big is the bay's watershed |
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| What states have the watershed in it |
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| New York, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania |
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| fresh and salt water mixed |
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| pollution source easy to find |
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| ex. point source pollution |
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| smokestacks, pipes from ind. plants |
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| t-f/ point source pollutions are hard to find |
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| non-point source pollution |
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| Ex. of non-point source pollution |
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| fertilizers, pesticides, oil, trash, nutrients |
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| t/f non-point source pollutions are easy to regulate |
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| water droplets and chemicals |
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| how can fertilizers affect pollution |
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| how can garbage affect pollution |
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| How can sediment affect pollution |
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| smother fish eggs and oyster bars |
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| acid rain, fertilizer, garbage, sediment, turbidity |
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Provide food
Provide habitat
Prevent flooding
Preserve the health of the bay |
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| How does a wetland filter water |
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| Plants trap fertilizers and sediment so water is cleaner |
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| How does marsh minimize effects of erosion |
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| Plants trap sediment and fertilizer and slow water down |
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| What does wetland provide for migratory bird |
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| Provide food and resting area |
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| salinity is the amount of salt contained in a sample of water |
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| it is measured in parts per thousand |
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| what is the range of salinity in the bay |
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| what are the three factors that effect salinity |
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| location, depth of water, time of year |
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| where are salinity levels lowest in the bay |
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| what can salinity determine about organisms |
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| it can determine where they live |
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