UVM Watershed Alliance
Keeping the Balance Assessment for Elementary-Middle School students
School:_________________________________Grade:________________Date:______
Circle one: Is this your Pre or Post Program Assessment?
1. What is a watershed? Circle ONE answer.
A. An area of land that catches rain water and drains it into a body of water
B. Another name for groundwater
C. A body of water that is larger than a pond but smaller than a lake
2. Can water go through (infiltrate) cement, pavement or hard packed soil?
Circle Yes or No
3. An algal bloom can grow so large on the surface of the lake that it can block off
sunlight to plants underneath the water: Circle True or False
4. What is this an image of? ____________________________________
Photo source: Regulating Services (R2) « Lake Champlain Ecosystem Assessment. (n.d.). Lake Champlain Ecosystem Assessment.
Retrieved March 27, 2012, from http://lakechamplainea.wordpress.com/regulating-services-r2/
5. What are plankton? Circle ONE
A. Young fish that are native to Lake Champlain
B. Flowering plants that grow on the surface of the lake water
C. Microscopic organisms that float in Lake Champlain
D. Bacteria that breaks down dead material in the lake, like sticks and leaves
6. Fill in the blank: Phytoplankton convert ________________ into energy
through a process called photosynthesis, making them the primary producer in the
Lake Champlain food web.
7. Name one non-native species and one native species living in Lake Champlain:
A. Non-native:
B. Native:
8. List 2 Best Management Practices (BMPs) that you can do in order to reduce the
amount of pollutants entering Lake Champlain:
1.
2.
9. What watershed do you live in? _______________________________________