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| to conclude from evidence |
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| rain that doesnt sink into the ground |
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| sediment or dirt moved by water, and wind |
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| a body of water where fresh salt water mix |
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| found in lakes and twuns and streams |
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| a body of water that emplies into a larger body of water |
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| man made pond that holds stormwater |
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| wall that holds back sediment |
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| water cannot penatrate sidewalk |
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| functions of a rention pond |
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| 1. traps sediment 2. traps storm water and lets it sink into ground 3. prevents storm water from surrounding streams |
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| Does infer mean to use your five senses ? |
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| Can a erosion be moved by sediment |
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| Is a impervious surface a wall that holds back sediment |
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| theory's of Chesapeake Bay |
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| 1. meteorite hit lower bay 2. glaciers melted raising see levels |
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| Chesapeake come from the word |
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| explored the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1600s |
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| 64,000 square mile drainage basic |
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| stretches from Virginia to New York and from Delaware to West virginia |
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| when fresh water reaches the Chesapeake it mixes with salt water from the Atlantic Ocean to create brackish water. |
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| pollution source easy to see. examples smokestacks, pipes from endustrial plants. |
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| non- point source pollution |
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| harder to find the source |
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| examples for non point source pollution |
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| fertilzers, pesticide,oil, trash nutrients |
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| water droplets and chemicals |
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| smotherfish egss and oyster bars |
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| amount of salt in a given amount of water |
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| How do you measure salinity? |
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| The range of salinity in the cheasapeake bay? |
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| the range is anyhwere from 1 to 29 ppt |
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| the three factorts that effect salinity |
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| location, time of year and depth of the water. |
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| salinity lowest in the bay |
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| upper bay just below the powerful freshwater inflow of sesquehana river |
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| What time of year is the bay the freshwater? |
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| Is saltwater heavier than freshwater |
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