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Name the watershed that is directly east of the Susquehanna watershed.

Delaware

Screening is a step in which process - water treatment or sewage treatment?

sewage

Define watershed.

All the land that drains into one body of water.

What is another name for wetland soil.

Hydric soil

Eutrophication results from which pollutant type?

nutrients

Name the watershed that is directly west of the Susquehanna watershed.

Ohio

One-third of the world's endangered species depend on wetlands for survival. True or False?

True

Name the pollutant type that results from erosion.

Sediment

Some medicines are derived from plants only found in wetlands. True or False?

True

How do wetlands help with flood control?

Soak up excess water and slow the water

Contaminants that alter wetlands can come from industry, parking lots, houses, and agriculture. True or False?

True

Name the step of water treatment where sand, gravel and charcoal are used.

Filtration

Water that leaves wetlands is dirtier than the water that flows into it. True or False?

False

When writing numbers on a stream order diagram, two 3's equal:

4

Which PA watershed is a part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

Susquehanna

How many major watersheds are there in PA?

6

Name the water treatment step that uses chemicals that cause clumps to form.

Coagulation and flocculation

Define riparian buffer.

area of vegetation bordering streams or rivers

Wetlands help people by:

Providing us with food, tanins, dyes, wood, flood control, pollution clean-up, etc.

Name the step in sewage treatment where bacterial are used.

Biological Treatment