Quizlet Chesapeake Bay Factors Quiz

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  1. abiotic factors: non-living components that determine the types and numbers of organisms that exist in an environment.
  2. biotic factors: all the living, or once living, things that directly of indirectly affect an organism and its enviroment
  3. divides: a line that is elevated, and servers as a border for watersheds
  4. estuary: the place where fresh and salt water meet
  5. food, recreation, jobs, habatats: why the bay is a valuable resourse
  6. Horsepen Creak: what is the local watershed for RCMS
  7. limiting factors: factors which determine the types and number of organisms of a species in an ecosystem.
  8. Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia: the six states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
  9. Potomac, James, York, Rappahannock: the rivers in VA that flow into the Chesapeake Bay
  10. Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: keep gasses controlled, provide shelter, food, protection. (what is it?)
  11. susquahanna: the river that contributes about 50% of the Bay's water
  12. very shallow, the land area to water volume ratio: two reasons why the bay is easily polluted
  13. watershed: an area of land that drains into a certain body of water