| Answer Key Life In and Around Water | |
| 1. Why do animals and plants depend on their watersheds? | |
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Answer: Plants and animals need water to survive and they learn where to find those areas of water and then come to rely on them.
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| 2. Which region do you live in? Describe it. | |
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Answer: Students should identify which of the seven regions they live in and provide a brief description.
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| 3. Why or why not would it be good to live along floodplains? | |
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Answer: Students should recognize that these low-lying areas are quickly flooded during rainstorms and are thus unsafe.
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| 4. Describe a time when you visited the ocean, a large river or lake, or a swamp. Describe the plants and animals you saw while you were there. | |
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Answer: Answers will vary based upon the location that students have visited. They should describe some of the plant and animal life that they saw while there.
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| 5. Look at the video of Goose Island State Park. What fun activities could you do within that ecosystem? | |
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Answer: Students can take walks, fish, observe animals, play in the grassy areas, etc.
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| 6. List at least three ways you can help conserve water. | |
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Answer: Students should list at least five methods in which they can conserve water such as not letting the water run while brushing teeth, taking shorter showers, fixing drippy fawcets, fixing broken sprinklers, and not watering lawns as often.
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