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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich state is NOT included in the Chesapeake Bay watershed?VirginiaWest VirginiaNew JerseyNew York
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat major river watershed are we a part of at PHMS in Orange County?James RiverRoanoke RiverCatawba RiverCraig River
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe Chesapeake Bay is the largest _______ in the USA.BayOceanEstuarySwamp
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat vocabulary word means a semi-enclosed body of water, where fresh and salt water mix?EstuarySwampBaySea
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is another word to describe the water found in an estuary like the Chesapeake Bay?OrganicBrackishPollutedClear
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich river basin is the largest in the Chesapeake Bay watershed??PotomacRappahannockYorkJames
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat percent of Virginia is in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?75%20%60%50%
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat separates watersheds?DividesDrainage basinestuarywetland
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAt an average depth of 21 feet, is the bay deep or shallow compared to other large bodies of water?deepshallow
- 10. Multiple ChoiceHas the Chesapeake Bay developed problems because of pollution?YesNo
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe land area that is in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed is drained by 4 major rivers. Those rivers are found at the bottom of-drainage basinswetlandsestuariesfloodplains
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat separates the drainage basins in Virginia from one another?wetlandsestuariesdividesvalleys
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich factor listed below is abiotic?plantslandformspeoplealgae
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich factor from the list below is biotic?seaweedwatersunlightsoil
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA healthy ecosystem depends on its-biotic factorswater qualityair qualityrate of erosion
- 16. Multiple ChoiceExcess fertilizer or animal manure running off into a stream can result in too many nutrients in the water. This will also cause-more sunlight to reach the bottom of the streaman increase in fish lifean increase in algae growthless erosion
- 17. Multiple ChoicePollution that enters the water from an identifiable location-point source pollutionnon point source pollution
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