Why Should You Care About Our Watersheds?

How much water on earth is actually usable?

• 0.3%

• 100%

• 2.5%

Who benefits from the water on earth? 

• humans

• plants

• animals

• all of the above

Remember what you know about watersheds. We all live in a watershed. If the car in the video is leaking oil and the litter is left in the street, what will happen in the next heavy rain?

• The street will be nice and clean again! Hooray :)

• The litter and oil will be washed downhill. With enough rain, it will end up in in a storm drain that will eventually drain to a creek or the ocean.

What was an example of pollution that was mentioned that can end up in our waterways?

• not picking up after your dog goes to the bathroom

• plastic bags

• building over farmland and wildlife habitats

• all of the above

"Think Global" means that you should think about the big picture -- we all live on the planet and we all need to take care of it because many of our actions have consequences that affect areas outside of our own local area. "Act Local" means that even though we might be thinking globally, what we actually have control over is what we do here "locally". 

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