Watershed Pre/Post Long Test

Watershed Connection Program Pre and Post-Test

Thank you for participating in our watershed connection program! Please complete this test before AND after your presentation. The results will be used to track statistics and see if students improve their watershed knowledge! Feel free to contact sierra.reiss@rcdsandiego.org with any questions or concerns!

Are you taking this test before the watershed presentation or after?*

Pre-Test (before presentation) Post-Test (after the presentation)

1. What is a watershed? *

An area of land where all water drains to the same waterway, like the ocean A building where drinking water is kept The water that sheds off an animal's back after it gets wet

2. What is a storm drain? *

A place for animals to hide during big storms The way water travels from city streets to the ocean The drain in your kitchen sink

3. When you take your dog for a walk, the best thing to do is:*

Leave your dog's poop on the ground Ask your dog to bury the poop Pick up the dog poop in a bag and throw it in the trash

4. Where is the best place to wash your car?*

In your driveway above a storm drain In a parking lot At a car wash

5. During a rainstorm, pollution gets washed from the streets and highways and goes:*

Into a water cleaning factory Into the storm drain, straight to the ocean To the forests

6. What is nonpoint source pollution?*

Pollution that does not have one starting point, and flows from many places Pollution that only comes from our houses Pollution that only comes from a specific place that we can point to

7. What should go down a storm drain? *

Pesticides and chemicals Only rain in the storm drain Oil and trash

8. There are two different ways for water to travel in a city. Inside buildings through the sewer system, and outside through the storm drains.*

True False

9. What happens when manure (cow poop) washed into the San Diego Bay?*

The water becomes smelly Algae eat it, start growing out of control, and use up the oxygen in the water People go out in boats and clean it up

10. What all can YOU do to help keep San Diego Bay clean?*

Always put your trash in a trash can - never litter Clean up after your dog All of the above