Bay Problems
The greatest pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay...
What are Nitrogen and Phosphorous
Any of the principle causes of hermaphroditic fish in the Susquehanna
What are pharmaceuticals, hormones, or endocrine disruptors?
Name of the biggest flood to affect Wilkes-Barre,PA.
What is Flood from Tropical Storms Irene and Lee?
Name of the triceratops you encountered in Sunbury, PA?
What is "April"?
Living in this area can put people and property at risk of flooding, raising questions about personal choice, public safety, and who should pay for flood damage.
What is the floodplain?
Broad location where aquatic grasses grow at the mouth of the Susquehanna
What is the Susquehanna Flats?
A source for abundant Na in the river.
What is salt used on roadways?
The season of greatest flooding along the Susquehanna River?
What is the Winter?
Name of the region along the banks of a floodplain most prone to flooding.
What is the Floodway?
What is the conflict between economic development and environmental protection?
$$$ vs nature
The lowest grade for the Chesapeake Bay by both the CBF and the Univer. of Maryland was for...
What is Water Clarity?
Water impairment occurs when stream water doesn't meet these...
What are Water Quality Standards (WQSs)?
Type of flood capable of easily damaging and destroying bridges and the floodplain while flooding upstream.
What is an ice Flow/Jam?
Name of the farthest part of the floodplain, still influenced by major flooding events
What is the flood fringe?
Government assistance helps people rebuild after floods, but rebuilding in the same location may put them at risk of future flooding.
What is the ethical dilemma of using taxpayer money to help people rebuild in flood-prone areas?
The greatest source of metals in the Bay is from...
What is coal/coal combustion?
Major mixing in the Susquehanna occurs at this point due to the geology...
What is McKee's Half Falls?
Type of erosion mostly likely to occur along the main channel of the Susquehanna River.
What is lateral erosion?
Rule that prevents renewed building on floodplain land.
What is "Grandfather's Rule"?
These human-created river islands may provide wildlife habitat but can also accumulate polluted sediments and create potentially harmful ecosystems.
What is the ethical dilemma of allowing legacy islands to grow rather than removing them to reduce environmental risks?
Best practice to reduce farm waste and runoff from entering river...
What is planting trees to fortify the riparian buffer?
The name of 4 items not removed from wastewater by treatment plants...
Fine organics, Chlorine, Pharmaceuticals, PFAS, microplastics, hormones, etc
Dominant mechanism that aids in major island relief increases.
What is development of debris dams?
Costly mechanism to prevent people from living on the floodplain.
What are increases in Flood Insurance every year by 20%?
Removing trees to improve a scenic view may destroy wildlife habitat and reduce biodiversity.
What is not seeing the forest from the trees?