https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed What is a watershed? What makes a lake Healthy? en-us 2016-10-03 01:16:51 UTC 2026-01-13 08:16:15 UTC hello@padlet.com ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127766237 2016-10-03 01:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127766237 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127766407 2016-10-03 01:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127766407 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127766933 Pollution happens when the environment, land, water or air is contaminated, or dirtied, by waste, chemicals, and other harmful substances. There are three main forms of pollution: air, water, and land. ]]> 2016-10-03 01:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127766933 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127767128 A nonliving condition or thing, such as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it.
Some examples are rain, wind, temperature, soil, pollution, and sunlight.]]> 2016-10-03 01:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127767128 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768104 A living thing, such as an animal or plant, that influences of affects an ecosystem.
Some examples are animals, plants, microorganisms, dead organisms, and even animal waste]]> 2016-10-03 01:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768104 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768165 Nonflowering plants including seaweeds, contain chlorophyll but lack stems, roots, and leaves. In the picture bellow you can see the green algae on the surface of the water. ]]> 2016-10-03 01:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768165 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768211 An ecosystem in a body of water.]]> 2016-10-03 01:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768211 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768261 Microscopic bubbles of gaseous oxygen that are mixed in water and available to aquatic organisms for respiration. ]]> 2016-10-03 01:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768261 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768292 Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.]]> 2016-10-03 01:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768292 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768338 The amount of Acid or acidity in something. This helps determine which plant and animal species can live in a lake. ]]> 2016-10-03 01:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768338 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768412 In lakes the amount of Alkaline reduces the effect of pH in the water. While pH is acidic, Alkaline is basic, and works to keep the lake at a stable chemical environment. ]]> 2016-10-03 02:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768412 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768446 Nutrient that influences the growth of algae in the lakes.]]> 2016-10-03 02:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127768446 ashton_m_harvey https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127850402 http://eschooltoday.com/pollution/water-pollution/types-of-water-pollution.html]]> 2016-10-03 12:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127850402 harley_a_davis https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127940281 Invasive plants are brought to aquatic environments mainly by boats that have been in other lakes infected with the invasive plant. Click below to look at a map of lakes in Maine that are infected with invasive plants. ]]> 2016-10-03 16:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127940281 harley_a_davis https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127943705 Invasive fish are usually introduced to an aquatic environments by humans. Click below to read more about invasive species in Maine lakes!
http://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing/illegal_stocking.htm]]> 2016-10-03 16:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/127943705 harley_a_davis https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/133775016 Test your knowledge on abiotic and biotic factors here. Click on the link below. http://www.kubbu.com/student/?i=1&a=45900_abiotic_vs_biotic]]> 2016-10-27 21:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ashton_m_harvey/watershed/wish/133775016