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| examining using your senses |
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| an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas |
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| taking a guess using prior knowledge |
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| the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, |
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| water found on the earth's water |
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| water found under the ground |
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| the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents. |
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| dirt that makes the water mucky |
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| a body of water where fresh and salt water mix |
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| a body of water that flows into a larger body of water |
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| A temporary barrier installed across or at the toe of a slope. |
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| protects the rivers and the animals in the rivers. brings all of the storm water into that area to prevent flooding. |
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| a retention basin, is a type of best management practice (BMP) that is used to manage stormwater runoff to prevent flooding and downstream erosion, and improve water quality in an adjacent river, stream, lake or bay. |
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| a surface that can not be penetrated by water |
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| What is the nations largest estuary? |
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| What are the 2 theories of how the Chesapeake was made? |
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| During the ice age the ice melted causing the water level to rise. And also i huge meteor crashed into the bay. |
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| He explored the Chesapeake bay in the early 1600s |
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| what does the word chesapeake mean? |
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| Chesapeake comes from the word Chespioc which means great shellfish bay |
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| How big is the chesapeake bay? |
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| A point source of pollution is a single identifiable localized source of air, water, thermal, noise or light pollution. A point source has negligible extent, distinguishing it from other pollution source geometries. ... |
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| non point source pollution |
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| Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is water pollution affecting a water body from diffuse sources, such as polluted runoff from agricultural areas draining into a river, or wind-borne debris blowing out to sea. ... |
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| rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes. The main cause is the industrial burning of coal and other fossil fuels, the waste gases from which contain sulfur and nitrogen oxides, which combine with atmospheric water to form acids. |
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| a chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase its fertility. It can ruin the water color and cause some of the animals to die. |
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| wasted or spoiled food and other refuse, as from a kitchen or household. Animals could try to eat it and die. |
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| point sollution is harder to regulate T/f |
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| non point sollution is easier to regulate T/F |
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| types of pollution in Ch bay |
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| acid rain, fertilizer, garbage, and sediment. |
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| example of point source pollution |
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| smokestacks,pipes from industries |
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| example of non point source pollution |
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| fertilizers, pestisides, oil, trash, and nutrients |
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| three factors that effect salinity |
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| 1.location 2. time of the year 3. depth of water |
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| it is measured per thousand |
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| the amount of salt contained in a given sample of water |
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| where are the salinity levels the lowest |
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| in the upper bay just below the inflow th inflow of fresh water |
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| salinitly levels determine what about organisms |
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| species and plants sometimes prefer to go in places where salinity is higher and sometimes lower. |
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| what years are salinity the highest |
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| what years are the salinity levels the lowest |
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| t/f the salinity levels are the lowest near the inflow of salt water |
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| t/f the salinity levels are the highest at the inflow of salt water |
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| t/f the salinity levels are the lowest near the inflow of fresh water |
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| t/f the salinity levels are the highest near the inflow of fresh water |
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| what is the range of salinity in the chesapeake bay |
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| why would there be more saltwater than freshwater at sometimes. |
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| it could have not rained in a while so there would not ne much fresh water |
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