Chesapeake Bay Review

A stream or small river that leads to a bigger river is known as a...

• Tributary

• Mouth

• Estuary

• Brackish

An enclosed and protected body of water with an opening to the ocean is known as a....

• Tributary

• Bay

• Watershed

• River

A land area where all surface water drains into the same body of water is called a....

• Watershed

• Bay

• Tributary

• Salinity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Brackish water results from

• A mixture of fresh and salt water

• A decrease in salinity

• Melting glaciers

• A meteor impact

You would most likely find brackish water in a(n)

• estuary

• river

• ocean

• tributary

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is NOT part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

• New York

• Ohio

• Pennsylvannia

• West Virginia

The mountains that mostly affect the CB Watershed are the

• Appalachian Mountains

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Himalayas

• Rocky Mountains

Salinity refers to ....

• the amount of salt in the water

• the amount of fresh water in a bay

• the health of an ecosystem

• the total number of animals in the water

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The Fall Line was created as a result of

• an impact from a meteor

• melting glaciers

• rising sea levels

• water flowing down hill

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which major event occurred 35 MYA that resulted in the shaping of the Chesapeake Bay?

• an meteor/astroid impact

• melting of the glaciers

• rise in sea level

• a warming cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2