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| examining using ur sences |
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| an educated guess using prior information |
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| an area where all water collects into one body of water |
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| water that doesn't sink into the ground after it rains |
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| water found on the Earth's surface |
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| water found under the ground |
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| movements of sediments(soil) by wind or water |
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| a body of water where fresh and saltwater mix (that creates brackish water) |
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| a body of water that flows into a larger body of water |
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| A surface that water can't penetrate |
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| a area of water used to manage stormwater runoff to prevent flooding and downstream erosion |
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| a wall that holds dirt and soil in the retention pond and stops erosion |
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| The three helpful things a retention pond does |
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1. traps sediment
2. traps storm water so it turns into ground water
3. prevents storm water from causing erosion |
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| The Chesapeakebay is a Watershed |
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| a tributary is a smaller bottey of water going in to a smaller one |
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| a type of pollution that is easy to see the source |
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| examples of point source pollution |
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| smokestacks, pipoes from industry |
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| true/false point source pollution it is esier to regulate |
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| Non point source pollution |
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| polution source not easy to see |
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| examples of Non point source pollution |
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| fertilizers,pesticides,oil,trash, |
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| true/false Non point source pollution it is harder to find the source |
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| chemicals and water droplets |
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| covers fish eggs, underwater grases, oyster bars |
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| types of pollutants (ch. bay) |
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| asid rain, Feretilizeres, garbage, sediment |
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| the mesurement of of salt in a sample of water |
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| it is mesured by ppt or Parts Per Thousand |
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| the range of salinity of the chesapeake bay |
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| threes factors that affect salinity |
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rain
opening to ocean
rivers flowing into it |
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| lowest salinity levels in the bay |
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| in the mouths of rivers or tidal fresh water |
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| salinities affect on different organisms |
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| some animals can't live in fresh and some can't in salt |
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| what years are highest salinity |
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