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| examining using your senses |
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| taking a guess using prior knowledge |
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| A watershed is the area of land where all the water underground drains off to the same place |
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| runoff water is when ran hits a surface it runs off |
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| water found on Earth's surface |
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| Erosion is the process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface by exogenetic processes such as wind or water flow |
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| Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid |
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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 sediment barrier stops sediment from moving. |
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| Retention ponds are one of the most common forms of stormwater management. turning the stormwater into groundwater |
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| Impervious surfaces are mainly artificial structures—such as pavements (roads, sidewalks, driveways and parking lots) that are covered by impenetrable materials such as asphalt, concrete, brick, and stone--and rooftops. |
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| 3 purpuses of a rettention pond |
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a rettention pond holds storrm water
a rettention pond turns storm water into ground water
a rettention pond allows sediment to settle |
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| T or F is Observing taking a guess using prior knowledge? |
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| False- observing is examining using your senses |
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| T or F is surface water found on the earths surface? |
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| T or F is a watershed, water found underground? |
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| False, a watershed is the area of land where all the water underground drains off to the same place. |
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| t or f the nations largest estuary is the Chesapeake bay |
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| T the nations largest estuary is the Chesapeake bay. |
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| what was one theory that scientists believe the bay was formed. |
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| the believe over 30 million years ago a meteorite hit the earth it that area. |
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| what's another theory on how the bay was formed? |
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| another theory is that the glaciers shaped the eastern seaboard. |
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| where does the word Chesapeake come from? |
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| the word "Chesapeake" comes from the Algonquin word "chesepioc" which means "Great Shellfish Bay". |
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| who was the first to sail the bay? |
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| the fist to sail the bay was in the 1600s by Captain John Smith. |
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| how long is the Chesapeake bay watershed? |
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| what are the Chesapeake ay Watershed's boundaries? |
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| New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. |
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| what happens to the water from the Susquehanna Hannah river and the Atlantic ocean water mix, what kind of water does it become? |
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| it becomes Brackish water. |
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| Is easy to see the source |
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| smoke stacks, pipes from industries, etc. |
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| Non-point Source Pollution |
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| Hard to find or see the source |
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| Non-point Source examples |
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| fertilizers, pesticides, oil, trash, and nutrients, etc. |
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| t/f point source pollution is harder to regulate |
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| t/f non-point source pollution is harder to regulate |
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| chemicals + water droplets can kill the auqatic plant life |
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| if fertilizer runs of into a nearby pond with algae, it can create to much overgrowth of algae |
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| garbage can destroy habitats |
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| sediment can smother fish eggs and oyster bars |
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| types of pollution in the ch. bay |
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| acid rain, fertilizer, garbage, sediment |
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