Chesapeake Connections Make a list of some of the seafood that you and your family like to eat. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ What activities do you do that involve natural waterways - streams, rivers, or the Bay - where you live? ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Name four Maryland rivers that flow into Chesapeake Bay. _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ List three things that you can think of that might be washed off the land and into our waterways. Next to each thing, write down whether it would be harmful or harmless to the things living in the Bay. The first one is done for you. a. Dirt Harmful b. ________________________ __________________________ c. ________________________ __________________________ d. __________________________ __________________________ Predict the thing, or things, that you think are the most harmful to Chesapeake Bay when they run off the land and into the water. How Debris Gets from my House to Chesapeake Bay Dear Captain, ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

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