Watersheds
The force that pulls water downstream
What is gravity?
In a estuary, fresh water meets ___________
What is salt water?
Dead Zones are classified by a lack of ________
What is oxygen?
The --> (arrow) in a food web always points towards this organism
What is the predator/consumer?
The Chesapeake Bay is located in this state
What is Maryland?
This separates one watershed from another
What is elevation?
Estuaries are the most _________ ecosystem
What is productive?
This human activity is the primary cause of Dead Zones
What is farming?
This organism lives at the base of the base of the food web and creates its own food
What is a producer?
This is known as the variety of life in an ecosystem
What is biodiversity?
An area of land where water has the same end point
What is a watershed?
This is the nickname for estuaries
What is nurseries of the sea?
An increase of __________ results in increased algae population
What are nutrients?
This component of the food web is very important but non living
What is detritus/decaying matter?
The number of water sheds in Jefferson County
What is 11?
The body of water that typically connects watersheds
What is a river?
This estuary is located in Alabama
What is Mobile Bay?
This is the location of the largest Dead Zone
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
This organism was introduced in the modern food web
What are human?
When oyster landings (catch) _________ the population of oysters decreased
What is increases?
The national watershed that we live in
What is the Mississippi?
More than ______ of the U.S. population lives in a estuary
What is half?
This industry is heavily impacted by Dead Zones
What is fishing?
This describes the strength of the interactions in the historic food web
What is strong?
The name of Ms. Dayringer's dog
What is Carter?