Live Lesson OS (3/12) Chesapeake Bay Review

Choose the 2 effects of pollution on the Chesapeake Bay:

• Less resources

• More oxygen in the water

• Less sedimentation

• Less diversity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of these cities is in the Chesapeake Bay watershed?

• Charlottesville

• Blacksburg

• Danville

• Roanoke

Which of these states is NOT a part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

• Virginia

• Maryland

• Tennessee

• Pennsylvania

If I was a piece of pollution dropped into watershed #1 where would I eventually end up?

• Gulf of Mexico (Mississippi River)

• North Carolina Sound

• Chesapeake Bay

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How many MAJOR rivers empty into the bay?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 6

Estuaries like the Chesapeake Bay are extremely important to protect because they have high _________.

*Hint: Freshwater and Saltwater animals live here

• algal blooms

• salinity

• biological activity

• dissolved oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which choice accurately describes the event that created the Chesapeake Bay?

• 35 mya a super volcano erupted on the East Coast.

• 35 mya a meteor collided with the Earth and formed a massive crater.

• 50,000 years ago a giant earth quake created a giant sink hole that filled with water.

• 20,000 years ago glaciers receded leaving behind one of the largest kettle lakes ever.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a

• tributary

• watershed

• stream

• esutary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following are benefits of both forest buffers and wetlands? (Check all that apply.)

• Provides habitat

• Reduces sediment pollution caused by erosion

• Concentrates toxic pollutants

• Filters and cleans runoff

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The four major rivers of Virginia are...

• The Susquehanna, Potomac, York and James

• The Potomac, Rappahannock, York and James

• The Potomac, Anacostia, York and James

• The Potomac, Anacostia, Susquehanna and York