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1. What is another name for
poop?
3. What is poop?
5. Where do people go to the
bathroom these days?
7. Where do wild animals go to
the bathroom?
a) urine
b) feces CORRECT
a) the leftover remains of
water we drink
b) the leftover remains of
food we eat CORRECT
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a) into a chamber pot
b) into a toilet CORRECT
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1. What is the most common
kind of litter, by number, found
in waterways?
a) cigarette butts
CORRECT
b) aluminum cans
c) pastic bags
a) into a litter box
b) onto the soil
CORRECT
3. What is a surface that sheds
water like a rain coat called?
a) an impervious surface
CORRECT
b) a pervious surface
c) an evaporative surface
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5. What is rain that falls on land
and flows over the surface to
the nearest stream called?
a) runoff CORRECT
b) a flood
c) sediment
7. What causes stormwater
runoff to increase?
a) an impervious surface
CORRECT
b) a pervious surface
c) tree roots
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2. What is another name for
pee?
4. What is pee?
6. Where did the pioneers go to
the bathroom?
8. If your dog poops on a
sidewalk, road or trail, what
should you do?
a) feces
b) urine CORRECT
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2. What is the great Pacific
garbage patch?
a) a place in the Pacific
where plastic and trash
collects CORRECT
b) a place in the Pacific
where old ships are
sunk
c) a place in the Pacific
where ocean liners can
dump their trash
a) the leftover remains of
food we eat
b) the leftover remains of
water we drink
CORRECT
a) into a toilet
b) into a chamber pot
CORRECT
a) leave it
b) clean it up CORRECT
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6. What is the soil that water
from storms or flooding washes
into the nearest stream called?
8. What is one effect of
increased stormwater on
streams?
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4. What is a surface that allows
water to soak into the soil like a
sponge called?
a) a pervious surface
CORRECT
b) an impervious surface
c) an evaporative surface
a) sediment CORRECT
b) watershed
c) runoff
a) it eliminates pools and
riffles CORRECT
b) it makes a stream
curvier
c) it makes more pools
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9. How much pee does a baby
make each day?
11. How much poop does a
baby make each day?
13. What is water from toilets
and drains called?
15. What is ok to flush down a
toilet?
a) about half a gallon
b) about 1 ounce
CORRECT
a) about 2 pounds
b) about 1 ounce
CORRECT
a) runoff
b) wastewater or sewage
CORRECT
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9. What does stormwater from
a city usually carry with it into
streams?
11. Which of these can help
reduce the flow of stormwater
into a stream?
13. What is a shallow
depression with water-loving
plants where rainwater can
collect called?
a) baby wipes, stuffed
animals and small toys
b) poop, pee and toilet
paper CORRECT
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a) litter and chemicals
from parking lots
CORRECT
b) soil and fertilizer
c) manure from cows and
pigs
a) trees and plants on the
bank of the stream
CORRECT
b) a barbed wire fence on
the bank of the stream
c) a ditch that lets the
water run downhill
a) a rain garden
CORRECT
b) a lawn
c) a drought garden
15. What is ground water?
a) water in glaciers
b) water beneath the
surface of the soil
CORRECT
c) water in a river
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10. How much pee does an
adult make each day?
12. How much poop does an
adult make each day?
14. What is an undergound
pipe that carries wastewater
called?
16. What is ok to let go down a
sink drain?
a) about 1 ounce
b) about half a gallon
CORRECT
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a) about 1 ounce
b) about 2 pounds
CORRECT
a) a storm sewer
b) a sanitary sewer
CORRECT
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a) gasoline
b) soap and water
CORRECT
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10. What does stormwater from
a farm usually carry with it into
streams?
a) soil and fertilizer
CORRECT
b) litter and chemicals
from parking lots
c) waste from pet cats
and dogs
12. Where does litter or pet
waste left on streets go if it is
not picked up?
a) into the nearest lake or
stream CORRECT
b) into the trash
c) into the air
16. What is surface water?
14. Where does a city's
wastewater get cleaned before
it is released into a river?
a) in a giant holding pond or
tank
b) at a wastewater treatment
plant CORRECT
c) in a septic system and
drain field
a) water on the moon's
surface
b) water on the surface of
the earth CORRECT
c) an undergound stream
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17. Why does wastewater need
to be cleaned?
19. Where does water go after
it is flushed down the toilet?
21. Where does wastewater
from a house in a town or city
go to be treated?
23. How does a toilet move pee
and poop into the wastewater
pipe?
a) so it won't make people
and animals sick when
it is put into a river or
lake CORRECT
b) it doesn't need to be
cleaned
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17. What is an underground
layer of permeable rock, gravel,
sand or silt where water
collects called?
a) into an underground
pipe CORRECT
b) into the nearest stream
a) a wastewater treatment
plant CORRECT
b) into the nearest stream
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19. What is a hole dug by
people that reaches from the
surface to a source of ground
water?
a) an aquifer
b) a well CORRECT
c) a spring
a) a well
b) an aquifer CORRECT
c) a cave
21. What is an area of land
whose rainwater and snowmelt
drain to a single stream or river
a) a flood plain
b) a watershed
CORRECT
c) an aquifer
a) it uses water to push
them into the pipe
CORRECT
b) it uses air to push them
into the pipe
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23. What place in a stream is
shallow enough for water to
tumble over rocks and pick up
oxygen?
a) a bank
b) a riffle CORRECT
c) a pool
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18. How much water does it
take to flush a toilet?
20. What happens to animal
poop in the wild?
22. Where does wastewater
from a house out in the country
usually go to be treated
24. What kind of water is in the
tank on the back of a toilet?
a) between 1 and 3
gallons CORRECT
b) less than a gallon
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a) it is eaten by insects,
fungi and bacteria
CORRECT
b) the sun breaks it down
into air and water
a) septic tanks and drain
fields CORRECT
b) into the nearest stream
a) drinking water
CORRECT
b) wastewater
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18. How does water get into an
aquifer?
a) it is formed through the
activity of microbes
b) it seeps in from the
surface CORRECT
c) it is formed through
volcanic activity
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20. What is a place where
water flows naturally from
groundwater to the surface?
a) an aquifer
b) a spring CORRECT
c) a well
22. What is a place in a stream
that is deep enough to hold
water for fish even during a dry
season?
a) a bank
b) a pool CORRECT
c) a riffle
24. Which stream animals are
indicators of good water
quality?
a) black fly larvae
b) May fly larvae
CORRECT
c) leeches
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25. What is the rain that runs
off the ground into a stream
called?
27. What is an underground
pipe that carries storm water
called?
29. If rain fell on the side of a
hill, which way would it go?
31. Which place lets rain water
run into a storm drain?
a) storm water
CORRECT
b) waste water
a) a storm sewer
CORRECT
b) a sanitary sewer
a) downhill CORRECT
b) uphill
a) a parking lot
CORRECT
b) a garden
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25. Which stream animals are
indicators of poor waterquality?
27. What part of a toilet holds
the water for flushing?
a) May fly larvae
b) black fly larvae
CORRECT
c) riffle beetles
a) the U-bend
b) the bowl
c) the tank CORRECT
29. Who runs waste water
treatment plants and cleans
waste water before putting it in
rivers
31. Who shows people how to
protect and conserve water
resources?
a) water educators
b) plumbers
c) wastewater engineers
CORRECT
a) wastewater engineers
b) plumbers
c) water educators
CORRECT
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26. What is the most important
reason to change water in a
fish tank?
28. Where do stormwater pipes
usually lead?
30. Which place lets water
soak into the ground?
32. What does a rain barrel do?
a) so the fish's own waste
doesn't poison it
CORRECT
b) so the water doesn't
smell
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26. What part of the toilet traps
a small amount of water in the
bowl to stop smelly gases from
getting into the bathroom?
a) the tank
b) the bowl
c) the U-bend CORRECT
a) into the nearest stream
CORRECT
b) into a wastewater
treatment plant
a) a garden CORRECT
b) a parking lot
a) it collects rain water
from a roof CORRECT
b) it collects rain water
from a parking lot
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28. What part of the toilet holds
the waste until the toilet is
flushed?
a) the U-bend
b) the tank
c) the bowl CORRECT
30. Who fits pipes for water to
flow in?
a) water educators
b) wastewater engineers
c) plumbers CORRECT
32. Who runs drinking water
plants and makes sure water is
safe to drink?
a) wastewater engineers
b) water eduators
c) water treatment
engineers CORRECT
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33. Who cleans waste water
before putting it in rivers?
35. Who shows people how to
protect and conserve water
resources?
a) wastewater engineers
CORRECT
b) water educators
a) water educators
CORRECT
b) wastewater engineers
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33. What can storm water
runoff do to stream pools?
a) dig them deeper
b) it never affects them
c) fill them up with
sediment CORRECT
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34. Who fits pipes for water to
flow in?
a) plumbers CORRECT
b) water educators
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34. What can storm water
runoff do to stream riffles?
a) fill them up with
sediment
b) it never affects them
c) dig them deeper
CORRECT
35. Which stream has probable
been affected most by storm
water runoff?
a) a stream that is curvy
b) a stream that has pools
and riffles
c) a stream that looks like
a ditch CORRECT
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