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Biodiversity??
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Ecosystem An environment that includes all the biotic organisms (living things, like plants, animals, and bacteria) and the abiotic factors (non-living things, like temperature) that affect them.
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Name a familiar ecosystem. List some of the living things in it.
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Riparian Ecosystem The ecosystem where land and a river or stream meet each other.
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The Baltimore region has a variety of streams, such as this region of the Gwynns Falls near Carroll Park.
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Storm water retention ponds at Carroll Park/Park at Dead Run
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Gunpowder River in Monkton from the NCR Trail a more rural setting north of the Beltway.
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Pools vs. Riffles Riffle- fast moving, shallow water, higher amount of oxygen Pool- slow to no movement, deeper water, lower amount of oxygen
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Do you think you will find different things in pools and riffles? Why?
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What is a Watershed?
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Watershed: is an area of land where water from rain or snow that melts drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, wetland, sea or ocean. What is a Watershed? Where would you expect water to flow from and to?
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Chesapeake Bay WatershedGwynns Falls Watershed
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http://md.water.usgs.gov/groundwater/physiomaps/physio_counties.gif
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What is Biodiversity? Having different types/kinds of living things in an ecosytem
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