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| examining using your senses |
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| taking a guess using prior knowledge |
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| an area where all water collects into 1 body of water. |
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| water that does not sink in the ground after a rain |
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| water found on earth surface |
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| movement of sediment(soil) by wind and water. |
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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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| water that cant penitrate |
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| a man made pond that holds storm water |
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| prevents sediment from going down the drains. |
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| 3 purposes of retention pond |
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1) traps storm water and allows to sink in ground.
2)traps sediment.
3) prevents storm water from rushing into streams causing erosion.
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| Examples of point source pollution |
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| T/F point source pollution is easier to regulate |
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| T/F point source pollution is easier to regulate |
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| Non Point Source Pollution |
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| Non-Point source pollution examples |
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| fertilizer, pesticides, oil, trash, nutrients |
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| T/F Non-Point source pollution hard to see |
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| Chemicals + water droplets |
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| Smothers fish eggs + oyster bars |
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| Types of pollution in ch. bay |
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| Acid rain, fertilizer, garbage, sediment |
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| The amout of salt contained in a given samlpe of water |
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| How is Salininity measured? |
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| What is the range of salinity in the chesapeake bay? |
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| What are the three factors that effect salinity? |
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1) water found in the bay
2)Time of year
3)the depth of water |
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| Where are the salinity levels the lowest in the bay? |
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| Up North near the Susquehanna river |
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| The salinity levels can determine what about organisms |
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| where sertain species live |
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