Transportation
Housing
Recreation
Safety
Education
Waste Management
100
To prevent drivers from running out of gas, these are located roughly every 10 miles. (Remember this number)
What are gas stations?
100
Often an inexpensive choice for housing, these types of homes are on wheels, which is where they get their name.
What are mobile homes / trailers?
100
These usually exist outside a school or a church, and provide a place for younger kids to play safely.
What is a playground?
100
This type of center handles phone calls that come in from residents who have both emergencies and non-emergencies to report.
What is a dispatch center?
100
This level grade school is traditionally kindergarten - 6th grade.
What is an elementary school?
100
This is a designated space for the disposal of solid waste.
What is a town dump?
200
To prevent back ups at gas stations, a general rule of thumb is to have one gas station for every _____ - _____ residents. (remember this range)
What is 2,500-4,000?
200
Sometimes these can be in a larger complex, or they can exist inside a large house that has been divided for multiple families.
What is an apartment?
200
A network of paths that people can run, hike, walk, bike, ski, or snowshoe on through the woods
What are trails?
200
Without one of these, there might be a lot of unsafe driving, theft, violence, and other illegal activity.
What is a Police Station?
200
This level grade school is often 7th - 8th grade.
What is middle school (also known as Junior High)?
200
This type of facility can divert waste from a landfill, and can therefore benefit the environmental health of a community or state.
What is a recycling center?
300
When an old train track is converted into a multi-use recreational path, they are referred to as these.
What is a rail trail?
300
This kind of home is on a private plot of land which usually produces something consumable? (food)
What is a farmhouse?
300
In many communities, this is where kids and families spent hot days to cool off, and they often have to pay to enter or provide proof of residency
What is a town pool/swimming hole/public beach?
300
This type of building sometimes houses volunteers, and other times paid employees. They have the same responsibilities to provide a service to the community.
What is a fire station?
300
This school usually consists of grades 9-12.
What is high school?
300
The primary purpose of this is to remove contaminants and pollutants from wastewater, making it safe to be discharged back into the environment or reused
What is a wastewater treatment plant?
400
Sometimes this is warranted instead of using a stop sign. This usually occurs when there's a high volume of traffic, pedestrian crossings or a need to manage complex traffic patterns at an intersection.
What is a traffic light?
400
This type of home has become more popular in the recent decades and provides just enough space to get by.
What is a tiny house?
400
This type of building has lanes, gutters, pins and balls, and requires special shoes that most people think are ugly.
What is a bowling alley?
400
You would go here if you had an illness or injury that could not wait for a doctor's appointment but was not so serious that it warrants a trip to the emergency room.
What is Urgent Care?
400
This type of college only offers 2 year certifications, or a more affordable place to begin someone's college program.
What is community college / junior college?
400
Doing this at home will allow certain waste materials to be broken down naturally so it can be returned to the earth, safely, often providing nutrients to future plants.
What is composting?
500
Adding these along roads in a community can reduce the amount of vehicle traffic, which can improve air quality and improve community fitness.
What is a bike lane?
500
This type of home is so large it usually requires staff to keep it clean and maintained.
What is a mansion?
500
Schools and recreation teams will need these in order to play baseball, softball, lacrosse, football, soccer, and other outdoor sports.
What are athletic fields?
500
If there is a serious car crash in your town, these types of first responders would arrive to help.
What are fire, police and paramedics?
500
At this type of educational facility, someone can earn degrees ranging from Associates, Bachelors, Masters and PhDs.
What is a college/university?
500
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