Stormwater Vocabulary Quiz

Which term is used to explain when rocks and soil are PICKED UP and MOVED to a different place by ice, water, wind, or gravity.

• Erosion

• Movement

• Groundwater

• Weathering

What do we call water that is not absorbed into the ground and instead runs off the ground and into storm drains or bodies of water

• Runoff

• Creek

• Rain

• Snow

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Pollution is the presence of harmful substances in the environment. Choose all of the following that are examples of pollution.

• Garbage on the ground

• Smog from burning coal

• Raining on the land

• Garbage in a river

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An pervious surface is a hard surface that DOES allow water to pass through or onto the ground. Choose ALL examples of an impervious surface.

• Concrete sidewalks

• Grass

• Mulch

• Gravel

• Street

Which three choices would be the best solutions for a storm water runoff problem?

• Planting trees

• Planting grass

• Building a house

• Digging a ditch to route water to a pipe

• Remove rocks from the dirt.

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Which of the following could most likely cause the most erosion?

• Cutting down trees from a hillside

• A bird

• Planting grass in your yard

• Planting trees on a hill

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Water that is in the soil, in the spaces between the ground particles is called _________.

• Dirt

• Groundwater

• Mud

• Evaporation

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Which of the following lists the steps of the water cycle correctly?

• Condensation, Evaporation, Sleet

• Precipitation, Evaporation, Condensation

• Rain, Snow, Sleet

• Runoff, Stormwater, Flooding

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Which two choices would be the best solutions for water flooding a road way?

• Dig a ditch along side the road

• Build a fence

• Put in a storm drain close by

• Build a new road

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Which of the following things can not cause erosion?

• wind

• gravity

• water

• ice

• leaves