Watershed Education Pre-Workshop Assignment Worksheet
Please complete this worksheet as you process through the assignments. It will serve as proof that you completed the assignments. You may print the completed worksheet to bring to the workshop or show it on a tablet or laptop at the workshop.
1.	What Water Basin is your school located within? ______________________________________________

2.	What Watershed is your school located within? _______________________________________________

3.	What is the total drainage area for your Water Basin? __________________________________________

4.	How long is the main river in your basin? _____________________________________________________

5.	How many people live in your basin (total)? __________________  In Pennsylvania? _________________

6.	Name two PA State Parks that are found in your basin. _________________________________________

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7.	Name one unique feature in your basin. _____________________________________________________

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8.	Topographic maps (aka- contour maps) show __________________ (height above or below sea level) and 

___________________________ by using _________________________________.

9.	As the contour lines get closer together in a topographical map, is the land getting steeper or less sloped? Circle one.

10.	When a contour line crosses a stream, it bends to form a “V”. What does the tip of the “V” point to? ____

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11.	What is a Benthic Macroinvertebrate? _______________________________________________________

12.	If water temperature is low, the amount of dissolved oxygen will be _______________________________

13.	What kinds of macroinvertebrates could be found in very polluted waters (name 3)? 
1.	____________________________________________________________________________
2.	____________________________________________________________________________
3.	____________________________________________________________________________
14.	What insect order do mayflies belong to? _____________________________________________

15.	How many tails do stoneflies typically have? __________________________________________________

16.	When using LaMotte’s Direct Reading Titrator, do you take off the adapter tip or leave it on? __________

17.	What does MSDS mean? __________________________________________________________________

18.	What chemical test kit did you choose? __________________________ What are the product names of 

all the chemicals in that test kit?____________________________________________________________

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19.	Choose one of the MSDS for a chemical from your chosen chemical test kit. Answer the questions below using that MSDS. What is the product name? _________________________________________________

What are the hazards identified for this chemical? _____________________________________________

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What are the general first aid measures that should be taken with this chemical? ____________________

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20.	What minerals are found in high concentrations if water is hard? _____________ and ________________

21.	What does a rotten egg smell indicate? ______________________________________________________

22.	What is Eutrophication? __________________________________________________________________

23.	What are three additions to water that speed up Eutrophication? ________________________________, 

_____________________________________ and _____________________________________________.

24.	Name one problem that turbid water causes. _________________________________________________

25.	What is the mathematical difference between a pH of 6 and a pH of 5? ____________________________

26.	What type of bedrock would create an alkaline stream? ________________________________________

27.	Name two species of macroinvertebrates that cannot tolerate low levels of dissolved 

oxygen. __________________________________________ and _________________________________

28.	How does a low stream pH affect levels of iron and other metals in the water? ______________________

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29.	List the three variables that affect stream velocity.  ____________________________________________

______________________________________________ and ____________________________________