Set: Chesapeake Bay Factors Quiz

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

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Terms 13
Creator katelee168
Created April 18, 2008
Groups Study Group, CHAT, GT English 7 Hackers, C Pod peeps, RCMS general group, RCMS7, RCMS B/C Pod General, The Phoenix's Knowledgeable Notebook
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ddrox316 : OMG I GOT A C+ JUST BECAUSE I DIDN't SAT divideS and watershedS!!!
ddrox316 : awesome! 22230 on space race!
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ddrox316 : I keep forgetting all of the rivers.
ddrox316 : lets see...
ddrox316 : I'm doing this w/ my eyes closed, so my spelling might be off and I'm just listing them so I might type it again
ddrox316 : ok. James, susquehanna, chester, rappahamiock, I spelled that wrong didn't I? york, james, nanticoke, Patapsco, uh... tha'ts all I can remember I'm opening my eyes now....
ddrox316 : yup. RappahamIock
ddrox316 : ok. I got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8 out of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9! That's AWESOME!!
ddrox316 : Oh my g
ddrox316 : I feel WAY better now
ddrox316 : good luck to u guys...
ddrox316 : at 10:21 at night...
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ddrox316 : ok. good night!
katelee168 : Changed watersheds → an area of land that drains into a certain watershed to watershed → an area of land that drains into a certain body of water
katelee168 : Changed limiting factors → factors which determine the types and number of organisms of a species in an ecosystem are called limiting factors. to limiting factors → factors which determine the types and number of organisms of a species in an ecosystem.
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  1. Potomac, James, York, Rappahannock → the rivers in VA that flow into the Chesapeake Bay - 4 misses
  2. Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia → the six states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed - 3 misses
  3. abiotic factors → non-living components that determine the types and numbers of organisms that exist in an environment. - 1 miss
  4. watershed → an area of land that drains into a certain body of water - 1 miss