Watershed Concepts

The land area that water flows across or through on its way to a specific body of water is called a

• Wetland

• Estuary

• Watershed

• Ecosystem

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Choose the states that contribute to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• Virginia

• Maryland

• New Jersey

• Delaware

• West Virginia

Choose the state that contribute to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• Ohio

• New York

• North Carolina

• Rhode Island

Which of these is a biotic factor in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• Salinity

• Temperature

• Oyster population

• Turbidity

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A chicken farmer stores all of the chicken manure in a pile by the river. The piles of manure are exposed are to wind and rain which washed it into the river. Choose all of the types of population involved

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrients

• Bacterial

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Choose all of the following that are ways to help prevent sediment from running off thee land into waterways

• Plant trees or other plants

• Building on top of wetlands

• Clearing land for road construction

• Use slit fences around the construction sites

Which of the following is a nutrient found in fertilizers and animal wastes

• Oxygen

• Carbon monoxide

• Nitrogen (nitrates)

• Sediment

You stop at 7-11 for for a Slurpee and you notice a slick spot on the pavement near the gas pumps. Which type of pollution is this

• Sewage

• Fertilizer

• Oil and gas

• Industry/ factory chemicals

Choose all of the signs of an unhealthy bay ecosystem

• Plenty of dissolved oxygen

• Excessive levels of nutrients

• Low turbidity

• Lack of oysters, clams, and crabs

• Algae blooms

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Choose the major regional watersheds in VA

• Pacific ocean

• Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico

• Chesapeake Bay

• Albemarle (NC) sound

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