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| a stream or river that empties into a larger body of water |
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| a body of water where fresh and saltwater mix |
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| doesn't allow any water to pass through |
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| sidewalk, parking lot, street |
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| examples of impervious surfaces |
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| New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia |
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| states that contain Chesapeake Bay watershed |
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| size of Ch. Bay watershed |
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(1) traps sediment and pollutants
(2) allows storm water to seep into the ground |
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| purpose of retention or sediment pond |
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| submerged aquatic vegetation |
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| water that doesn't sink into the ground |
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| water captured by storm drains |
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| Baltimore City is found on this river |
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| Washington, D.C. is found on this river |
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| shellfish found in the Ch. Bay |
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| bluefish, striped bass, menhaden, perch (white and yellow), Amer.shad |
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| fish found in the Ch. Bay |
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| official name for rockfish |
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| small, aquatic life that floats with currrents |
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| main pollutants found in fertilizer |
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| bottom layer of septic system |
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| plankton found in our pond water |
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| large population explosions of phytoplankton |
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| line connecting points of equal elevation |
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| how oysters, clams and mussels feed |
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| where sewage water goes after it leaves a septic tank |
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| a ban on hunting or fishing |
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| birds found at the top of the food chain on the Bay |
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| a species that is critical to an ecosystem |
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| dam found near the mouth of the Susquehanna River |
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| provides 40% of the freshwater of the Bay |
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| city found near the mouth of the Bay |
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| peninsula that includes the Eastern Shore |
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| southern most river of the Bay |
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| connects the Bay with the Delaware River |
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| river where you find Annapolis |
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| current oyster population is this percent of historic |
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| the percent of salt in water |
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| range of salinity in the Bay |
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| banned pesticide that made bird egg shells weak |
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| where chemicals become more concentrated as they move along the food chain |
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| dead organic matter (i.e. - leaves, sticks, etc.) |
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