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| makeing a geuss using your prior knowledge |
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| area where all body of water drains into one body of water |
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| water (rain) that dosent sink into the ground |
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| found in, lakes, rivers, streams |
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| sediment (dirt) is moved by water wind |
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| a body of water where all of salt water, and fresh water meet |
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| a body of water the empies in to a larger body of water |
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| prevents sediment from moving |
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| 3 perposes of a retention pond |
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| it alows storm water to drain into the ground, it trap's sediment, it prevents storm water from rushing |
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| man made pond to hold storm water |
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| where water can not penitrate |
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| erosion is caused by wind, water tossing around sediment? true or false |
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| surface water is rain that dose sink into the ground? true or false |
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| ground water is water underground |
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| source that is easy to see |
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| examples of point sorce pollution |
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| smoke stakes, pipes, factiores, powerplant, and paper mills |
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| point soure pollution is easier to regulate? true or false |
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| soure that is harder to see |
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| examples of non-point pollution |
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| fertilizers, pestisise , oils, |
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| true or false? with non-pollution it is eaiser to see |
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acid~ chemicals + water drops
fertilizers~ creates to much alge
garbage~ destoryes habitat |
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| What is salinity and How is it measuered |
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| Salinity is measuered by ppt. (parts per thousand)and it is the amount of salt in any given body of water |
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| What is the range of salinity in the cheasapeake bay |
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| What are three factors that effect salinity |
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| The three factors that effect salinity is location, time of year, and deft of water |
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| Where are the salinity levels lowest in the bay |
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| at the upper part of the bay |
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| The salinity levels can deturman what about organisms |
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| the level of salinity can detemine what types of species of plants and animals |
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| what are the manin functions of a marsh |
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to keep inland from flooding
to keep the bay water clean |
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| How dose the wetland filter water |
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| The wetland filter works by traping sediment and pollutions |
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| How doses a marsh minimize the effects of erosion |
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| the marsh minimizes the effects of erosion by protecting shoreline envierment, becauseof filtering the wetlands the sediment |
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