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✔ Its population will increase.Its population will decrease.Its population will remain the same.

A
✔ Its population will increase.
B
Its population will decrease.
C
Its population will remain the same.
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Throughout the reflection, make sure that you have the copy of the student guide, PDF or Word and your data tables. Fill in the terms that complete the statements.

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In this lab, you observed how changes in the environment can affect the health of a watershed. You saw how two types of entered and flowed through the watershed. You also predicted how activity affect:pollution
In this lab, you observed how changes in the environment can affect the health of a watershed. You saw how two types of entered and flowed through the watershed. You also predicted how activity affect:human
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animal✔ humanplant

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animal
B
✔ human
C
plant
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Which statements are true about point and nonpoint source pollution?Human activity causes point and nonpoint source pollution.Only nonpoint source pollution affects abiotic factors in a watershed.Point source pollution affects only the part of the lake or river near it.Both point and nonpoint source pollution affect biotic factors in a watershed.Point pollution flows through the bodies of water in a watershed but not through its land.

A
Human activity causes point and nonpoint source pollution.
B
Only nonpoint source pollution affects abiotic factors in a watershed.
C
Point source pollution affects only the part of the lake or river near it.
D
Both point and nonpoint source pollution affect biotic factors in a watershed.
E
Point pollution flows through the bodies of water in a watershed but not through its land.
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Which environmental change caused all populations of the biotics factors (algae, mosquito larvae, minnow, trout, and heron) to increase?

A
increase in runoff
B
drought in the area
C
pollution from the factory
D
introduction of a non-native species
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During the summer, when the land is brown and the grass is green, the population of mice decreases because mice are easily spotted by the organisms that eat them.How would this change affect the food web? Check all that apply.

A
It will increase the grass population.
B
It will increase the fox population.
C
It will decrease the shrew population.
D
It will decrease the snake population.
E
It will increase the grasshopper population.
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Suppose this scenario was modeled in the lab. How would the populations of the biotic factors be affected? Check all that apply.

A
Mosquito larvae will increase.
B
Heron population will increase.
C
Algae population will increase.
D
Trout population will decrease.
E
Minnow population will decrease.
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Choose the correct answers from the drop-down menus.

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Selection 1:removing fish from the affected lakes
Selection 2:Its population will increase.
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Which of these ideas did you include in your answer? Check all that apply.

A
A virtual watershed was used to model and observe the flow of point and nonpoint pollution through the watershed and the effect of environmental changes on living and nonliving things.
B
If an environmental change affects abiotic factors, it will also affect the biotic factors in an ecosystem because these factors are closely linked.
C
Human activity can have a negative impact on an ecosystem.
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Throughout the reflection, make sure that you have the copy of the student guide, PDF or Word and your data tables. Fill in the terms that complete the statements.

Answers:
In this lab, you observed how changes in the environment can affect the health of a watershed. You saw how two types of entered and flowed through the watershed. You also predicted how activity affect:pollution
In this lab, you observed how changes in the environment can affect the health of a watershed. You saw how two types of entered and flowed through the watershed. You also predicted how activity affect:human

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