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| Examining using your senses |
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| Taking a guess using prior knowledge |
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| An area where all water collects into one body of water |
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| Water that does not sink in ground after a storm |
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| Water found on Earth's surface; water found in lakes, streams, rivers, etc. |
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| Movement of sediment (soil) by wind |
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| A body of water where fresh and salt water mix |
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| A body of water that flows/empties into a larger body of water |
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| Sediment filter sock used to prevent sediment from flowing into streams |
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| Man-made pond that traps sediment and storm water |
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| The 3 purposes of Retention pond |
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1. Traps storm water and allows it to sink underground
2. Traps sediment
3. Prevents storm water from rushing into streams causing erosion |
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| True or false: The definition of "Observe" is taking a guess using your prior knowledge. |
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| True or false: The Chesapeake Bay watershed ranges as far North as New York and as South as Virginia. |
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| True or false: A Retention pond is a man-made pond. |
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| Is the nation's largest estuary |
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| What are the 2 theories of how the Ch. Bay formed? |
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1) Meteorite hit bay
2) Glaciers melted raising sea level |
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| The word "Chesapeake" comes from what Algonquin word? |
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| "Chesepioc" which means "great shellfish bay" |
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| Who explored the Chesapeake bay in the early 1600s? |
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| How large is the Chesapeake bay watershed? |
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| 64,000 square-miles ranging as far North as New York and as far South as Virginia |
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| What is a piece of land that drains fresh water to the Bay? |
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| A Watershed. States within the Chesapeake bay watershed's boundaries include New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. |
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| When Fresh water reaches the Chesapeake, it mixes with salt water from the Atlantic Ocean to create what kind of water? |
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| When Salt and Fresh water join together, it creates Brackish water. |
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| Examples of Point Source Pollution |
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| "Smoke stacks", Pipes from Industries |
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| T/F: Is it easier to regulate Point source pollution? |
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| True: It is easier to regulate Point source pollution |
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| Non-Point Source Pollution |
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| Examples of Non-Point Source Pollution |
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| Fertilizers, pesticides, oil, trash, nutrients |
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| T/F: Is it easier to regulate Non-Point source pollution? |
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| False: It is harder to regulate Non-point source pollution |
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| Chemicals and water droplets |
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| Smothers fish eggs and oyster bars |
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| Types of pollution in Ch. Bay |
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1. Acid Rain
2. Fertilizer
3. Garbage
4. Sediment |
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| What are the 4 main functions of a marsh? |
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1) Provide food
2) Provide habitat
3) Prevent flooding for areas
4) Filtration system for the bay's water |
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| How does a wetland filter water? |
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| Sediments and pollutants which wash from land into the water are trapped by the plants found in wetlands |
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| How does a marsh minimize the effects of erosion? |
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| Wetlands help minimize the effects of flooding by protecting shoreline environments from erosion |
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| What does a wetland provide for migratory birds? |
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| Salinity is the amount of salt contained in a given sample of water. |
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| How is Salinity measured? |
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| Saliniy is measured in parts per thousand, or "PPT" |
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| What is the range of salinity in the Ch. Bay? |
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| In the Ch. Bay, brackish water is created. The salinity in brackish water can range anywherefrom 1 to 29 ppt. |
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| Whta are the three factors that effect salinity? |
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1) Location
2) Time of year
3) Depth of water |
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| Where are the salinity levels the lowest in the Ch. Bay? |
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| The salinity levels are the lowest in the Upper Bay, just below the powerful freshwater inflow of the Susquehanna River. |
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| The salinity levels can determine what about organisms? |
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| The salinity levels can determine what types of species of plants and animals are found in a specific area. |
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| True or False: 1 of the 3 factors that effect salinity is sediment. |
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| True or False: The salinity levels can determine what types of species of plants and animals are found in a specific area. |
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