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| examining using your sense |
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| talking a guess using prior knowledge |
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| an area where all water connects |
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| water found on the earths surface |
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| sediment moved by water/winds |
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| a body of water where fresh/salt mix. |
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| a body of water that empties into a larger body of water. |
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| prevent sediment from moving. |
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| were the storm water goes |
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| were all the storm water goes, traps sediment and stops erosion. |
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| a surface water cant go through |
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| water that doesn't sink into the ground |
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| The bay has 8 states in its watershed. false |
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| The bay's watershed is 64,000 miles long true |
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| The bay's water shed is is only in Virginia. false |
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| Who was Captian John Smith ? |
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| salt and fresh water mixed. |
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| How many theories are there about how the Bay started? |
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| How long is the Chesepeake Bay? |
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| What does Chesepeake mean? |
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| What is the world's largest estuary? |
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| Which states are the Chesapeake Bay in? |
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| New York, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia. |
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| pollution that is easy to see. |
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| examples of point source pollution are |
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| non point source pollution |
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| not easy to spot pollution. |
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| examples of non point pollution are |
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| fertilizers, pesticides,thrash,and nutrients. |
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| is non point source pollution harder or easier to regulate. |
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| is a point source solutions harder or easier to regulate |
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| is a type of pollution and were chemicals mix with water droplets. |
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| are a type of pollution that people use on there lawns. |
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| It smoothers eggs and oysters. |
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| what types of pollutions are there. |
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| acid rain,fertilizers,garbage and sediment. |
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| what are the main functions of a marsh? |
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| The functions are prevent flooding, provide shelter and has food. |
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| True or false does a wetland trap runoff? |
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| How does a marsh minimize the effects of erosion? |
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| The marsh protects shoreline environment. |
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| What does a wetland provide for a migratory bird? |
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| Wetlands provide food and a resting area. |
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| Salinity is the saltiness if the oceans water. |
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| It is measured by ppt parts per thousand. |
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| What are the fACTORS THAT EFFECT SALINITY? |
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| The three factors are location, time of year and depth of water. |
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| Where is the salinity levels lowest? |
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| The salinity levels are lowest by the upper bay and where the susquehanna river runs into the bay. |
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| The salinity levels can detremine what about organisms? |
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| The salinity levels can be detremine what type of plant life lives in what level. |
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| Salinity is the saltiness if the oceans water. |
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| It is measured by ppt parts per thousand. |
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| What are the fACTORS THAT EFFECT SALINITY? |
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| The three factors are location, time of year and depth of water. |
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| Where is the salinity levels lowest? |
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| The salinity levels are lowest by the upper bay and where the susquehanna river runs into the bay. |
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| The salinity levels can detremine what about organisms? |
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| The salinity levels can be detremine what type of plant life lives in what level. |
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