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chesapeake bay watershed part #2 #champ #neverstop#ing
kevin andrews
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Science
7th Grade
10/07/2013

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whatdoes sav stand for
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submerged aquatic vegetation
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why is sav important
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food source
habitat
stabilize bay floor
oxygen o2
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whats causing these sav to dissapear
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toxic cheicals
algae
sediment
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whats a juvinile attched oyster called
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spat
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how long does a oyster have to be before being leagally caught a eaten
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3 inches
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true/false is a oyster bisexual
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true the genders change
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are oysters filter feeders
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yes
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are they good filters
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yes they filered the whole bay in 3-4 days
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what is the percentage of oysters
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1%
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what kills oysters
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msx, dermo, overharvisting, sedimantaion
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plankton
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organisms which passivly drift with the current
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phytoplankton
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these are most common and are like plants
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zooplankton
Definition
are moved caused by currentents and are like animals
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copepods
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arnt big
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innterconnected web
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is the food web
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crabs bein their lives as what
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larve
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females are called
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sook
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males are called
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jimmies
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babys are called
Definition
zoea
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what are zoea considered at the mercy of the current
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zooplankton
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bigger larve are called
Definition
megalops
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how long do blue vrabs live
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3 years
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crabs have how many legs
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10
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whats the shell of a crab called
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exoskeloton
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three out of for crabs are caught and eaten tru/false
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true
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whats another name for rockfish
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striped bass
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moratourium
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prohibitation
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what do large rockfish eat
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large quanities of soft crabs fish eels
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were do rockfish spend their life
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mostly in saltwater in the ocea
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where do juvinile rockfish live
Definition
shallow marhes and grass beds
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counter shading
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camflouflage
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why the rockfish coming back
Definition
the bann
spawning grounds
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how do menhaden eat
Definition
filter feeders
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what do they eat
Definition
phytoplankton(algea)
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ehat sre their predators
Definition
striped bass, blue fish
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what do humans use them for
Definition
animal food, crabandfish bait,oil,protein source
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what is omega protein what do they do
Definition
company that catches and process them into products
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what is the only turtle lives in brackish water
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diamondback terripon
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what does it eat
Definition
mussels,clams,fish
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whos larger male or female
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female
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what does warmer water mean
Definition
more females eggs hatch
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how to you tell the age
Definition
by the rings on the show
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why is the population decreased
Definition
because they were used in soup
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zoea are considered
Definition
zooplankton
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