Multi-School Carson River Education Project

Fun Quiz
 

Are you a water meister? Test your water knowledge!

A layer of underground sand, gravel, or porous/fractured rock in which water collects.
Is an aquifer
Is the water table
Is recognized as contaminated water
A septic system
Runoff from street gutters and storm drains usually goes where?
To the local wastewater treatment plant
Into the ground
Directly to rivers and streams
To the watershed

How much of the Earth’s water is available for human consumption?
2.8 percent
500 million gallons
An unlimited supply
85 %

When should pollution prevention measures be applied?
When we receive a driver’s license
When we turn legal voting age
Whenever practical and possible
When non-point source pollution becomes regulated

What type of water pollution does not have a known point of origin?
Highly saline water
Non-point source
Storm water
Acid rain
 
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