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Watersheds Study Guide 2015
1. Be prepared to define the term watershed. It is ___________________________
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3. Given a map of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, be prepared to identify
Maryland, Virginia, the Delmarva Peninsula, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry, the
Shenandoah, Washington, D.C. SRMS, and Norfolk, VA, plus the Susquehanna,
the Potomac, the Rappahannock, the York, and the James Rivers, plus the
Chesapeake Bay from end to end, plus the Atlantic Ocean..
4. Given a map of the major watersheds of Virginia, be prepared explain where the
Eastern Continental Divide is, and what that term means.
5. Given a piece of aluminum foil, be prepared to shape it in the form of the United
States (Florida will be important to show) with the appropriate continental divides
in place to actually function as they do in real life.
6. Be prepared to explain the meaning of the term estuary, including a description of
flows of water and examples of the two major estuaries in the U. S.
7. Be prepared to explain the meaning of the term dead zone or eutrophication as
applied to bodies of water, and how too much fertilizer runoff water can result in
dead zones.
8. Be prepared to (a) define the following terms: biotic and abiotic.
(c) Explain what dissolved oxygen in water is, to include a drawing
below of dissolved oxygen, water, and a fish.
(d) Explain the relationship between water temperature and dissolved
oxygen.
9. Beginning 35 million years ago describe the many events resulting in the modernday Chesapeake Bay.