wetland
an area where land is sometimes wet and sometimes dry inhabited by special varieties of plants and animals
what is wetland
An area of land that sheds or trains water into a lager body of water
what is a watershed
True or false . The Chesapeake is a Estuary
What is true
Where does most of the pollution in the bay come from? Points sources OR Non-Point Sources
what is non point sources
What type of pollution is fertilizer What type of pollution is fertilizer
what is Nutrient Pollution
control flooding, provide habitats for plants and animals, filters some pollution
what is 3 main function
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware
what are states in the Chesapeake bay watershed
type of water Chesapeake bay have
what is Brackish
Pollution that cannot easily be determined where it came from
What is a non-point source pollution
They help reduce seditment and nutrient pollution
what is buffer zones help the water quality
Recreation, fishing boating hunting, jobs scientist, fisherman, park rangers.
what is wetland influenced the economy
It makes the river and creeks more shallow forcing them to spread wider in places. It can also cloud the water making it more difficult for plant and animal to survive
what is effect of erosion
Helps filter, homes for the other animals , pollution, provides jobs
What are the importance of oyster to the bay
Pollution in which the source is easily identified.
What is point source pollution |
Passively drifting/weakly swimming organisms suspended in the water (often microscopic)
What is plankton
True / False It is easy to reclaim industrial land and revert it back to wetland
what is false
Susquehanna, James, Potomic , Patuxtent, york, Rappahannox
what are major rivers that flow in Chesapeake
Hypoxia reduces the amount of dissolved oxygen to life threatening levels.
what is Hypoxia
Pollution from erosion (soil, sand rocks) that clouds the water
What is sediment pollution
Submerged underwater vegetation
What is SAV and what does stand for.
of treating municipal or industrial wastewater, greywater or stormwater runoff.
what is the puropse of wetland
Jouett feeder stream, Ivy creek, Rivannna river, James river, and Chesapeake
what is Jouett's watershed address
Whatever gets into our watershed will eventually make it into the Chesapeake Ba
what is the importance of not polluting in our area
over enrichment (too many nutrients) of a body of water from excess nutrients often resulting in low oxygen levels which can kill plants and animals
what is eutrophication and why is it a problem?
The major river is located between the James and the Rappahannock
what is york