AQUATIC COMMUNITIES SECTION
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Questions 56 - 67:
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56. What purpose do the aquatic areas serve?
57. Who uses the aquatic areas?

A. Classes?
B. School Clubs?
C. Student Athletes?
D. Students Outside of Class?
E. Staff?
F. Community Members?

58. How often are the aquatic areas used (e.g. every day for one hour, once a week for 20 minutes)?
59. What types of aquatic communities does your school have (e.g., lake, river, pond, stream, ditch, sewage treatment area, wetland, birdbath)?
60. What percentage of each aquatic community is:

A. Open Water?
B. Emergent Vegetation (e.g., lilies, cattails, arrowheads)?
C. Wet Soil Vegetation (e.g., sedges, rushes, canary grass)?
D. Explain how you determined your answer.

61. What plant species are growing in your aquatic communities?
62. What fertilizers and pesticides (including type, quantity and frequency) are applied to the aquatic communities?
63. How is the need for pesticides or fertilizers for the aquatic communities determined?
64. What animal species live in and around the aquatic communities?
65. Are your aquatic communities fishable?
66. What non-living features are found in the aquatic areas (e.g., equipment, boardwalks, piers, trails, signage)?
67. From what materials (e.g., arsenic-free wood, recycled materials, materials imported a great distance, trail surface) are these non- living features made?

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