Watersheds Flashcards
many populations make a _________
community
qualitive observations are observations that use our-
senses
all of the abiotic as well as biotic elements in a given area
ecosystem
groups of the same organisms of the same species living and working together in the same area at the same time
population
place where an organism lives that provides for all it needs
ecosystem
4 Virginia rivers that empty into the Chesapeake bay watershed
Potomac
York
James
rappahannock
what river includes Fairfax as part of its watershed
Potomac
which river is te head water of the Chesapeake bay
Susquehanna river
the result of removing trees and plants which ten exposes the dirt with nothing to hold it in place
erosion
the water that runs across or through a watershed on its way to a large body of water
runoff
clouds the wage in lakes, rivers, and the bay
sediment
another name for a watershed
drainage basin