Pollution
What are some types of pollution in a watershed?
What is trash, pesticides, fertilizers
What are wetlands defined as?
What is a marsh or pond surrounded by vegetation to help reduce flooding
The effects of a polluted watershed
What is can effect wildlife, and aquatic life
Are watersheds and aquatic ecosystems in direct effect of one another?
What is the watershed has a direct effect on the aquatic life which flows through it
When changing the landscape around a watershed what must be taken into account?
What is The cost of the change as compared to the necessity of the water in that particular part
What is the definition of point pollution?
What is a source of pollution occurring from one source
Would water flowing through agricultural land be considered as unhealthy
What is yes because of the fertilizers that would flow in with the water
Why are plants essential to watersheds
What is in streams or rivers the plants on the edge help to hold the soil in place and stop some erosion
The effect of removing too many trees in an ecosystem?
What is non-point pollution?
Pollution occurring from multiple sources
If one body of water is contaminated would the rest of the body’s of water in the watershed be?
What is the other body’s would be polluted as well
What type of wildlife animals are included in watersheds?
What is snakes frogs lizards and raccoons to help return nutrients to the waterways
Does changing the landscape have an effect on the watersheds natural flow?
Yes by building bridges/roads/houses can have a big impact on the way the water naturally flowed
What are the effects of polluting ground water?
What is If the watershed comes into contact with the contamination then it will spread further
Would erosion be considered unhealthy in a watershed
What is yes past a certain point the stream will erode away too much soil and begin to take away land
How do ponds effect the watershed
Ponds catch and hold lots of storm water which can take up unwanted chemicals and such which can be absorbed by the animals and plants and redistributed around the land
Changing the landscape around a watershed has what effects on the wildlife?
What is, if there isn’t water where there once was then the aquatic ecosystem would die off as well as the wildlife would suffer from the lack of water
What would be the best way to stop nonpoint pollution?
What is state wide effort from farmers and other citizens in an attempt to clean our water
Do roadways effect the watershed?
What is yes the roadways will act as a “fast lane” to streams instead of leading the water to plants to be absorbed
What is the best way to keep a watershed healthy?
In a reservoir how many days worth of stream flow can be held before an overflow?
Without use of any water from a reservoir it will begin to overflow in about 3-4 days