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100
You use approximately 50 gallons of water every time you do this.
What is taking a shower?
100

Turning the water off when you brush your teeth.

What is conservation of water?

100

The watershed you are currently standing in.

What is the Moultonborough Inlet?

100
Where the fresh water of a river mixes with the ocean.
What is an estuary?
100
Plant or animals that live in water are this type of organism.
What is aquatic?
200
Snow rain and sleet are all forms of this.
What is precipitation?
200
Planting trees and using silt fences reduces this.
What is erosion?
200

The river that takes our water to the ocean.

What is the Merrimack River?

200
An area like bogs swamps and marshes where pollution is filtered and flood waters absorbed.
What is a wetland?
200
The direction that a river flows is called this.
What is downstream?
300
Much of the worlds fresh water is tied up here.
What are glaciers?
300

When a river follows a winding course.

What is meandering?

300

A creek, spring or creek flowing into a larger river.

What is a tributary?

300
When water infiltrates the soil and rocks it becomes this.
What is groundwater?
300

Cold water has more of this than warm water. Hint: it was a water test.

What is dissolved oxygen?

400

This water test has a range of 0 - 14 and fish live in a range of 6 - 8. 

What is pH?

400

Animals that spend part or all of their lives in a river or stream, but have no backbone.

Who are macroinvertebrates?

400

A water commission was fined for an overflow of this chemical into a nearby stream from a water treatment plant.

What is chlorine or bleach?

400
Where most watersheds end up.
What is the ocean?
400

The amount of water used to wash your dishes in a dishwasher.

What is 6 gallons?

500
Water is made up of these two elements.
What are Hydrogen and Oxygen H2O.
500

Water that is trapped between two solid layers underground.

What is an aquifer?

500
The water in these pipes drains directly into your stream.
What are storm drains?
500

The highest points in a water shed are called this.

What are the head waters or river source?

500

A measure of the clarity or how clear the water is. 

What is turbidity?

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