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| Making a guess using your prior knowledge |
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| An area where all the water drains into 1 body of water |
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| Water (rain) that doesn't sink into the ground |
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| Found in lakes and streams |
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| Sediment (dirt) moved by water and 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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| Prevents sediment from moving |
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| 3 Purpose of a retention pond |
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1. Allows storm water to sink into the ground
2. Traps sediment
3. Prevents rain water from rushing into streams causing erosion |
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| Water can not penetrate it |
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| True or False: a place that all of the water from the storm drains is called a retention pond. |
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| True or False: Sediment is another name for water. |
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| True or False: A surface that can not be penetrated by water is called an impervious surface. |
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| What is the biggest estuary in the nation |
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| What were the two theories on how the bay was formed |
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1) A meteorite hit the surface forming a crack in the surface.
2) After the last ice age |
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| What does the name Chesapeake mean |
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| It comes from the Algonquin word chesepioc which means great shellfish bay |
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| He explored the bay in the early 1600s |
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| What states are in the watershed |
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| New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia |
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| Source that is easy too see |
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| Non Point Source Pollution |
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| Chemicals + water droplets |
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| Smoothers fish eggs and oyster bar |
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| What are the main functions of a marsh? |
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| Nursery area, Habitat, filteration, and rest areas |
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| How does a marsh minimize the effects of erosion |
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| sense it filters out the sediment, it cant rub against the side and cause erosion. |
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| What does a wetland provide for migrating birds |
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| Provides a good nursery and provides food. |
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| List some features you might see in a marsh |
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| there is not much erosion and a lot of plants. |
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| It is the ammount of salt in a certain area of water |
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| it is measured in parts per thousand (PPT) |
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| What are the three factors that effect salintiy |
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| Weather, location, and time |
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| Where are the salinity levels the lowest in the bay |
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| In the Sus. rivere and up north |
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| The salinity levels can determine what about organisms |
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| The levels are increaseing and decreasing |
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| What years are salinity levels the highest? Lowest? why? |
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| The highest are 1972 and 1956. The lowest are 1963, 1965, 1969, 1981, 1988, and 2000 |
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