The person who takes care of the school grounds spread fertilizer on the playing field grass one morning. That afternoon it rained and some of the fertilizer on the grass mixed with water and lay in puddles on the playing field. Where do you think the fertilizer could end up? Do you think the fertilizer mixed with water on the playing field could get into the atmosphere and come back down as rain with fertilizer mixed into it? YES NO If you think yes, explain how. If you think no, explain why not. Do you think the fertilizer mixed with water on the field could get into School Creek? YES NO If you think yes, explain how. If you think no, explain why not. Do you think the fertilizer mixed with water on the field could get into the groundwater? YES NO If you think yes, explain how. If you think no, explain why not. Do you think the fertilizer mixed with water could get inside of grass on the playing field? YES NO If you think yes, explain how. If you think no, explain why not. Where Can Construction Site Dirt Go? A school is doing a construction project and had to dig up some of the ground around the school. The project left a lot of dirt exposed on the surface of the ground. One problem is that when it rains, the rain could wash away a lot of the dirt exposed by the construction project. In a rain storm, where might the dirt go? For each choice below, decide if the dirt would go there, circle YES or NO, and then explain your answer.
The person who takes care of the school grounds spread fertilizer on the playing field grass one morning. That afternoon it rained and some of the fertilizer on the grass mixed with water and lay in puddles on the playing field. Where do you think the fertilizer could end up? Do you think the fertilizer mixed with water on the playing field could get into the atmosphere and come back down as rain with fertilizer mixed into it? YES NO If you think yes, explain how. If you think no, explain why not. Do you think the fertilizer mixed with water on the field could get into School Creek? YES NO If you think yes, explain how. If you think no, explain why not. Do you think the fertilizer mixed with water on the field could get into the groundwater? YES NO If you think yes, explain how. If you think no, explain why not. Do you think the fertilizer mixed with water could get inside of grass on the playing field? YES NO If you think yes, explain how. If you think no, explain why not. Where Can Construction Site Dirt Go? A school is doing a construction project and had to dig up some of the ground around the school. The project left a lot of dirt exposed on the surface of the ground. One problem is that when it rains, the rain could wash away a lot of the dirt exposed by the construction project. In a rain storm, where might the dirt go? For each choice below, decide if the dirt would go there, circle YES or NO, and then explain your answer.
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