Biodiversity??

Ecosystem An environment that includes all the biotic organisms (living things, like plants, animals, and bacteria) and the abiotic factors (non-living things, like temperature) that affect them.

Name a familiar ecosystem. List some of the living things in it.

Riparian Ecosystem The ecosystem where land and a river or stream meet each other.

The Baltimore region has a variety of streams, such as this region of the Gwynns Falls near Carroll Park.

Storm water retention ponds at Carroll Park/Park at Dead Run

Gunpowder River in Monkton from the NCR Trail a more rural setting north of the Beltway.

Pools vs. Riffles Riffle- fast moving, shallow water, higher amount of oxygen Pool- slow to no movement, deeper water, lower amount of oxygen

Do you think you will find different things in pools and riffles? Why?

What is a Watershed?

Watershed: is an area of land where water from rain or snow that melts drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, wetland, sea or ocean. What is a Watershed? Where would you expect water to flow from and to?

Chesapeake Bay WatershedGwynns Falls Watershed

What is Biodiversity? Having different types/kinds of living things in an ecosytem