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What is Chesapeake Bay?
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It is a bay that is very polluted and very vulnerable
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What is a dead zone?
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It is a area in a body of water that has a very low amount of oxygen in the water, causing it to have very few plants
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what are Indicator species?
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They are species such as the orca that show what kind of pollution is going on in that area of water because they eat the local fish under, which are effected by the pollution
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What are animal growing farms?
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They are farms that have alot of animals and produce alot of waste which is a big contributor to pollution in Chesapeake bay
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What is stormwater -runoff?
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It is the water that runs off of roads and highways that collects oil, etc. and goes into the river
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