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What is the term for surfaces, such as rooftops, roads, and parking lots, that do not allow water to seep into the ground.
What is impervious?
Something harmful that is added to water or air because of what people do
What is pollution?
The area of land where all runoff drains to the same body of water.
What is a watershed?
Term that means " to live on the bottom of a body of water (such as a pond or stream)"
What is benthic?
A pH of below 7 is considered
What is acidic?
Snow rain and sleet are all forms of this.
What is precipitation?
Planting trees and using silt fences reduces this.
What is erosion?
Something related to a body of water
What is riparian?
A small creature that has no backbone.
What are macroinvertebrates?
a pH of 7 is considered
What is neutral?
This is an area next to a stream or other body of water that is planted in trees or other vegetation to protect the water from pollution.
What is a riparian buffer?
Pollution from a non-specific source. You cannot point to where it comes from
What is non-point source pollution?
Water that flows over the surface of the ground when it rains or snow, instead of sinking in
What is runoff?
To check the water quality of a stream by finding out what kind of benthic macroinvertebrates are living in the stream.
What is Biological Monitoring
A pH above 7 is considered
What is alkaline?
High levels of nutrients in water can cause what?
What are algae blooms?
Water located on the top of the land such as ponds, lakes, and streams
What is surface water?
a smaller stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river.
What is a tributary?
This can clog the gills of fish and other creatures, making it harder to take in oxygen.
What is sediment?
Farmers add this to their fields to help the growth of crops and pasture.
What is fertilizer?
When water infiltrates the soil and rocks it becomes this.
What is groundwater?
What watershed do you live in?
What is the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?
Pollution that you can point to
What is source point pollution?
This term means big enough to see without a microscope
What is macro?
Who are the largest contributors to water pollution?
Industry, sewage, and agriculture.