Pollution
The Watershed
Vocabulary
Clean it up
Just the Facts
100

Where would you find many fertilizers and pesticides being used

What is the farm

100
What is a watershed
What is An area of land and water where the runoff and precipitation drains to a bigger body of water
100

What is water that runs off of the land into other bodies of water called?

What is runoff

100
We can do this to help save water every morning and night.

Turning off the water while brushing our teeth.

100
How many states are in the Chesapeake bay watershed?
What is 6
200

The type of pollution that comes from specific places, like pipes or tanks

What is point source pollution

200
What is the large river that runs through Richmond
What is James River
200

What is a smaller river that feeds into a larger body of water?

What is tributary

200
What is a way you can reduce water waste (conserve water) in your home?
What is fix leaky faucets, do not take long showers, replace old toilets, use dishwater to water plants.
200

What are the tributaries of the Rappahannock River

What is , Totuskey Creek

300
How does air pollution become water pollution
What is precipitation and the water cycle
300

What is the largest watershed we live in?

What is the Chesapeake Bay

300
What is water that soaks into the spaces under ground between soil and rocks?
What is ground water
300
What is the best way to cut down on erosion?
What is Plant trees or other plants (and LESS DEVELOPMENT in general)
300
What are some of the main things that happen in the water cycle?
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation
400
What is an example of a non-point pollution
What is farm, a house or roads
400
How are watershed boundaries determined?
What is by slope, mountains, hills
400

What is a preamble surfaces

What is allow the movement of water through the surface

400
What does this Native American verse mean..The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives
What is to take care of your environment.
400
This contains harmful organisms that can be transmitted to other animals and humans like Roundworms, Hookworms and E coli
What is pet waste
500

Name all 4 Categories of Pollution

Excess Nutrients, Chemicals/oils, Sediment, Trash

500

The Totuskey Creek feeds into this river then into this watershed.

Rappahannock river to the Chesapeake Bay 

500
When to much of this enters rivers, streams and the Chesapeake Bay, they fuel the growth of algae blooms and create conditions that are harmful for fish, shellfish and other underwater life.
What is nitrates
500
Why should I care about the Chesapeake Bay?
What is Because the pollution or activities people cause in Richmond will affect the Chesapeake bay....food chain/seafood.....oxygen....animals
500
Name three harmful pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay
What is bacteria, nutrients, pesticides, oil, sediments
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