Chesapeake Bay

How long is the Chesapeake Bay?

• 34 miles

• 174 miles

• 200 miles

• 64,000 miles

What is the deepest part of the Chesapeake Bay?

• 34 feet

• 174 feet

• 200 feet

• 64,000 feet

How many pounds of seafood does the Chesapeake Bay produce annually?

• 200 million

• 174 million

• 500 million

• 64,000 million

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How many people live in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

• 200 million

• 174 million

• 34 million

• 18 million

What was the original name of the James River?

• Nanticoke

• Mattaponi

• Monacan

• Powhatan

How many species of plants and animals does the bay support? What is the bay's species richness?

• 64,000

• 3600

• 200

• 500

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What is the widest part of the bay?

• 21

• 30

• 174

• 200

How big is the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

• 64,000 sq miles

• 3600 sq miles

• 18 million sq miles

• 500 million sq miles

What is a mixture of salt and freshwater?

• estuary

• brackish water

• saline

• hypersaline

What are the 2 main port of the Chesapeake Bay?

• Richmond & Baltimore

• Baltimore & Norfolk

• Norfolk & DC

• DC & Baltimore