Watershed management MCQ
1. What does infiltration keep?
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2. What does infiltration do?
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The process by which water drains into the ground
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3. Water that infiltrates the soil can seep out of a what?
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Stream bank
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4. What is the process by which water drains into the ground?
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Infiltration
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5. How has recent growth in urban areas been described?
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6. What sort of development is an Infill?
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Residential
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7. What is a surface that impedes or prevents infiltration of water into the soil?
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Impervious Surface
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8. What is a term used to describe a surface composed of any material that impedes or prevents infiltration of water into the soil?
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Impervious surfaces
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9. What type of display shows the distribution of rainfall over time?
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Hyetograph
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10. What is Hyetograph?
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A graphical display of the distribution of rainfall over time
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11. The science dealing with what?
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Distribution and movement of water
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12. The science dealing with the distribution and movement of water is known as what?
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Hydrology
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13. What is the term for the cycling of water from the landscape?
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Hydrologic Cycle
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14. A plot showing the rate of discharge, depth, or velocity of flow over time for a given point on a stream or drainage system is known as what?
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Hydrograph
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15. What type of science and technology is hydrolics?
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The physical
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16. What is the science and technology of stationary and active behavior of fluids?
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Hydraulics
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17. What are some examples of Herbicides?
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Chemicals used to control or kill plants
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18. What are herbicides used to control or kill?
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19. What are chemicals used to control plants?
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Herbicides
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20. Where does the term headwater come from?
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The source of a stream or watercourse
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21. A headwater is the source of what?
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A stream or watercourse
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22. What is the source of a stream or watercourse?
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Headwater
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23. What feature results in a small waterfall?
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Flow over the headcut
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24. What type of erosional feature causes a small waterfall to occur?
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25. What kind of water flow is the Groundwater Discharge?
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The flow of water from the ground to a receiving waterbody such as a stream or lake
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26. What is the flow of water from the ground to a receiving waterbody?
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Groundwater Discharge
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27. What do springs and wells provide as part of their service?
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Groundwater
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28. What is the upper surface of the saturated zone called?
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The water table
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29. What does Graywater not contain?
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30. What are grassy swales used for?
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Temporarily store, route, or filter out pollutants and sediments from runoff
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31. What type of geomorphology is the study of rivers and streams?
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Fluvial geomorphology
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32. What type of system is GIS?
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A computer system for mapping and spatial analysis
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33. GIS systems are commonly used for what?
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Mapping and spatial analysis
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34. What is an example of a use for a cage filled with rocks?
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Stabilize stream banks
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35. What is the function of the inlet of a stormwater pond?
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To trap incoming sediment
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36. What can accumulate in the Stormwater Pond if it is not removed easily?
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37. What is a small non-woody plant not considered to be?
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38. What does the term mean?
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39. What is flooding?
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The inundation of land next to streams and waterbodies
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40. What is the term for the area subject to continuous or periodic flooding?
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Flood limit
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41. What feature allows fish to move between various habitat types?
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Fish Passage
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42. What does the term first flush mean?
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The first portion of stormwater runoff usually containing the highest pollutant concentration resulting from a rainfall event
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43. What is the name of the first portion of stormwater runoff?
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First Flush
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44. In what type of vegetation can a wildflower meadow be found?
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Mixed vegetative cover
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45. What type of bacteria are indicators of pollution from human and/or animal excrement?
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Fecal Coliform
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46. What type of bacteria are fecal?
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47. What type of land is farm?
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48. What is a still body of water found on farmland?
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Farm Pond
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49. What happens to water while it is evaporating?
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The loss of water to the atmosphere
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50. What is the process of water being lost from the earth's surface by plants?
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Evapotranspiration
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51. What are some major causes of eutrophication?
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The process of over-enrichment of waterbodies by nutrients
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52. What process reduces oxygen in water?
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Excess algae
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53. What process can cause excess nutrients in water?
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Eutrophication
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54. What do estuaries get protection from?
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Ocean waves, winds, and storms
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55. Which body of water is partially enclosed by a combination of rivers, streams, and the ocean?
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56. What happens when erosion occurs?
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The wearing away of the land surface
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57. What is the removal of soil by rapid flows called?
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58. What does effluent come from a treatment plant after?
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59. What flows from sewage plants?
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60. What is the environment of an ecosystem?
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All of the organisms in an ecological community and their environment
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61. What does an ecosystem consist of?
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All of the organisms in an ecological community and their environment that together
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62. What is a dwelling unit intended for use as a complete independent living facility?
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A residential building or part of a building
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63. What is the area of land draining to a single outlet point?
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Drainage Area
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64. What is drainage?
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The removal of excess surface water or groundwater from land
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65. What is the process of removing excess water or groundwater from land?
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66. What is the amount of oxygen in a liquid?
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Dissolved Oxygen
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67. Oxygen is necessary to support what in a body of water?
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68. What is expressed in cubic feet per second?
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The volume of water that passes a given location
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69. What is the term for the volume of water that passes a given location within a given period of time?
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Discharge
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70. When is a detention basin dry?
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During periods of no rainfall
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71. What is the name of a stormwater management pond that holds runoff only temporarily?
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Detention Basin
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72. What is a Detention Basin called when it is not flooded?
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73. What is the mechanism of detention?
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The temporary storage of stormwater runoff
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74. What is the process of temporarily holding stormwater runoff to control peak runoff amounts?
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Detention
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75. What is the temporary storage of stormwater runoff used to control?
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Peak runoff amounts
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76. What is a common source of the particles that cause deposition?
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Stream bank erosion
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77. What does a confluence create?
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A combined, larger stream
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78. What is the point where two or more streams join to create a combined, larger stream?
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Confluence
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79. A resource protection area and a resource management area are both types of what?
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Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas
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80. What is the acronym for Resource Protection Area?
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81. What is the name of the agreement that was signed to restore the Chesapeake Bay?
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Chesapeake 2000 Agreement
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82. What is the name of the model that classifies channels based on the characteristics of a streambed and the banks of a stream?
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Channel Evolution Model
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83. What does a channel provide access to?
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84. What type of waterway is a Channel?
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A natural or manmade
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85. What is a channel?
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A natural or manmade waterway
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86. What is the smallest watershed management unit?
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Catchment
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87. What is the term used to refer to the area next to streams and wetlands?
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Riparian Buffer
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88. What is an area of plant cover next to shorelines, wetlands, or streams?
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89. How much land development potential is Build-out?
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The total potential
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90. What is the total potential land development based on current and future land development and zoning plans?
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Build-out
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91. What is another term for bioretention?
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A water quality practice
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92. What is the term for landscaping and soils used to collect urban stormwater runoff?
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Bioretention
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93. What is a practice designed to lessen the impacts of changes in land use?
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Best Management Practice
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94. What is the term used to describe techniques to reduce pollutants in stormwater runoff?
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Structural best management practices
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95. What is an example of a structural best management practice?
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Stormwater ponds
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96. What is a berm used for?
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Control the flow of surface water
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97. A mound of earth formed to control the flow of surface water is called what?
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98. What is an aquatic animal that has no backbone?
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Benthic Macroinvertebrate
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99. What does ground water seeping into a stream cause?
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Streamflow
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100. What's the first thing that causes a stream to overflow its banks?
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Full flow
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101. What is the term for the flow at which a stream begins to overflow its banks?
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Bankfull Flow
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102. What is an aquifer capable of absorbing?
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103. What does an aquifer supply to wells and springs?
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Groundwater
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104. What is the depth normally of Aquatic Bench?
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Zero to twelve inches
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105. What do you normally plant around the Aquatic Bench?
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Wetland vegetation
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106. What is aquatics most often associated with?
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Growing or living in, or often found in water
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107. What is the name of the type of plant that grows in water?
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108. What can algae trigger?
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Excessive algal growth
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109. What can cause an increase in algal growth?
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High amounts of nutrients such as nitrogen
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110. What can algae cause to decrease?
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Water quality
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111. How many acres are in a acre-foot of water?
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112. A measure of water volume equal to a land area of one acre with a depth of one foot is equal to what?
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Acre-Foot
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113. Acre is the abbreviation for what unit of land area?
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43,560 square feet
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114. Acre is equal to how many square feet?
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