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| making a guess using prior knowledge |
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| where all the water leads into |
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| the water that doesn't sink in to the ground right away |
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| the water you see in pools, lakes, streams, ect |
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| the water that is in the soil |
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| what happens when the wind or water blow sediment |
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| where fresh and salt water mix |
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| what flows into a bigger body of water |
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| man made pond to hold run-off water |
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| 3 purposes of a retention pond |
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| 1. allows rain water to sink into the dirt 2. drops the sediment of the water 3. prevents rain water from rushing into streams and causing erosion |
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| surface that water can not penetrate |
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| true or false the Chesapeake bay 64,000 square miles |
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| true or false there 5 states in the Chesapeake |
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| true or false the Chesapeake's water come from a ocean |
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| The Chesapeake bay is the ____ in the nation |
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| Where does the word Chesapeake come from and what does it mean |
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| Comes from the Algonquin and the word means Great Shellfish Bay |
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| _______ explored the Chesapeake in the 1600's |
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| what state of the six are missing _____ New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia |
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| What is it called when salt and fresh water mix |
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| What are some of the source polution |
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| smokestacks, factories, power plants ect. |
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| What are some of the non point sources |
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| True or False point source i hater to regulate than non point solution |
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| True or False it is easier to regulate non point pollution than point souces |
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| what happens when chemicals and water droplets mix |
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| polution source that is easy to see |
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| polution source that is not easy to see |
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| What are the four functions of a mash |
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| food, habitats, filtering water, and to protect from floods |
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| How id water filtered in wetlands |
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| its filtered by the grass stoping the sediment and trash |
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| How does marsh minimize erosion |
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| by making it hard for dirt to pass by |
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| What does the marsh provide for migratory birds |
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| provides a resting place and food |
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| salinity is how much salt is in the water |
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| it is mesured by the ppt = Parts Per Thousound |
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| True is the salinity in the chesapeake 1 to 29 ppt |
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| What are the factors of salinity |
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| depth of water, time of year, and location |
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| Where is the the lowest salinity levels in the chesepeake bay |
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| what does the salinity levels tell about organisms |
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