Water Pollution – Upper Elementary
1. What is the most common kind of litter, by number, found in waterways?
A. cigarette butts
B. aluminum cans
C. plastic bottles
D. litter
2. Which party favor, if it gets away, can be mistaken for food by sea turtles?
A. helium balloons
B. party hats
C. beads
D. litter
3. What is a surface made of material that sheds water like a rain coat called?
A. impervious
B. pervious
C. gravel
D. storm water
4. What is a surface made of material that allows water to soak into the ground like a sponge called?
A. pervious
B. impervious
C. asphalt
D. storm water
5. What is rain that falls on the land and flows over the surface to the nearest stream?
A. stormwater runoff
B. a flood
C. infiltration
D. storm water
6. What is the soil that water from storms or flooding washes into the nearest stream?
A. sediment
B. watershed
C. stormwater runoff
D. storm water
7. What causes stormwater runoff to increase?
A. an impervious surface
B. a pervious surface
C. tree roots
D. storm water
Correct Answer - A
Water Pollution – Upper Elementary
8. What is one effect of increased stormwater on streams?
A. it eliminates pools and riffles
B. it makes a stream curvier
C. it makes more pools
D. storm water
9. What does stormwater from a city carry with it into streams?
A. litter and chemicals
B. soil and fertilizer
C. manure
D. storm water
10. What does stormwater from a farm carry with it into streams?
A. soil and fertilizer
B. litter and chemicals
C. pet waste
D. storm water
11. Which of these can help reduce the flow of stormwater into a stream?
A. plants on the bank
B. a fence on the bank
C. a ditch
D. storm water
12. Where does litter or pet waste left on streets end up if not picked up?
A. in the nearest body of water
B. in the trash
C. at a landfill
D. stormwater
13. What is a shallow depression with water-loving vegetation where rainwater can collect and soak into the soil instead of
running off?
A. a rain garden
B. an irrigated garden
C. a berm
D. stormwater
14. Where does a city's wastewater get cleaned before it is released into a river?
A. a wastewater treatment plant
B. a storm water treatment plant
C. a giant holding pond or tank
D. wastewater
Correct Answer - A
Water Pollution – Upper Elementary
15. What is the water stored in aquifers or between soil particles below the surface of the earth?
A. ground water
B. surface water
C. well water
D. water bodies
16. What is water in lakes, rivers, ponds and seas on the surface of the earth?
A. surface water
B. an undergound stream
C. ground water
D. water bodies
17. What is an underground layer of permeable rock, gravel, sand or sil where ground water collects?
A. an aquifer
B. an cave stream
C. a lake
D. water bodies
18. How does water get into an aquifer?
A. it seeps in from the surface
B. it is formed through volcanic activity
C. it is pumped in from a nearby water body
D. water bodies
19. What is a hole dug by people that reaches from the surface to a source of ground water?
A. a well
B. a spring
C. a watershed
D. water bodies
20. What is a place where water flows naturally from the groundwater to the surface?
A. a spring
B. a well
C. a watershed
D. water bodies
21. What is an area of land whose rainwater and snowmelt drain to a single stream or river?
A. a watershed
B. a lake
C. a river
D. water bodies
Correct Answer - A
Water Pollution – Upper Elementary
22. What is a place in a stream that is deep enough to hold water for fish even in the dry season?
A. a stream pool
B. a riffle
C. the bank
D. water bodies
23. What is the place in a stream that is so shallow that water tumbles over rocks and picks up oxygen?
A. a riffle
B. a stream pool
C. the bank
D. water bodies
24. Which stream animals are indicators of good water quality?
A. May fly larvae
B. leeches
C. black fly larvae
D. water quality
25. Which stream animals are indicators of poor water quality?
A. black fly larvae
B. riffle beetles
C. May fly larvae
D. water quality
26. In a toilet, what keeps a small amount of water in the bowl to stop smelly gases from getting into the bathroom?
A. the upside-down U pipe under the bowl
B. the tank
C. the bowl
D. technology
27. In a toilet, what holds the water used to flush the waste down the pipes?
A. the tank
B. the upside-down U pipe under the bowl
C. the bowl
D. technology
28. In a toilet, what holds the waste until it is flushed down the toilet?
A. the bowl
B. the upside-down U pipe under the bowl
C. the float
D. technology
Correct Answer - A
Water Pollution – Upper Elementary
29. In a toilet, what keeps the water from over-filling the tank?
A. the float
B. the upside-down U pipe under the bowl
C. the tank
D. technology
30. Who studies the health of streams?
A. stream ecologists
B. landscape architects
C. storm water educators
D. careers
31. Who educates communities and the public about stormwater?
A. storm water educators
B. stream ecologists
C. street cleaners
D. careers
32. Who cleans streets in cities to keep litter from being washed into streams?
A. street cleaners
B. storm water educators
C. landscape architects
D. careers
33. Who knows how to bulid rain gardens?
A. landscape architects
B. street cleaners
C. stream ecologists
D. careers
Correct Answer - A