Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top You've loaded an old revision of the document! If you save it, you will create a new version with this data. Media Files - Point north. - What time is sunset today? - Trace the water you drink from rainfall to your tap. - When you flush, where do the solids go? What happens to the waste water? - How many feet above sea level are you? - What spring wildflower is consistently among the first to bloom here? - How far do you have to travel before you reach a different watershed? Can you draw the boundaries of yours? - Is the soil under your feet, more clay, sand, rock or silt? - Before your tribe lived here, what did the previous inhabitants eat and how did they sustain themselves? - Name five native edible plants in your neighborhood and the season(s) they are available. - From what direction do storms generally come? - Where does your garbage go? - How many people live in your watershed? - Who uses the paper/plastic you recycle from your neighborhood? - Point to where the sun sets on the equinox. How about sunrise on the summer solstice? - Where is the nearest earthquake fault? When did it last move? - Right here, how deep do you have to drill before you reach water? - Which (if any) geological features in your watershed are, or were, especially respected by your community, or considered sacred, now or in the past? - How many days is the growing season here (from frost to frost)? - Name five birds that live here. Which are migratory and which stay put? - What was the total rainfall here last year? - Where does the pollution in your air come from? - If you live near the ocean, when is high tide today? - What primary geological processes or events shaped the land here? - Name three wild species that were not found here 500 years ago. Name one exotic species that has appeared in the last 5 years. - What minerals are found in the ground here that are (or were) economically valuable? - Where does your electric power come from and how is it generated? - After the rain runs off your roof, where does it go? - Where is the nearest wilderness? When was the last time a fire burned through it? - How many days till the moon is full? ===The Bigger Here Bonus Questions=== * 31) What species once found here are known to have gone extinct? * 32) What other cities or landscape features on the planet share your latitude? * 33) What was the dominant land cover plant here 10,000 years ago? * 34) Name two places on different continents that have similar sunshine/rainfall/wind and temperature patterns to here. Please fill all the letters into the box to prove you're human. Please keep this field empty: SavePreviewCancel Edit summary Note: By editing this page you agree to license your content under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International the_big_here.1264250944.txt.gz Last modified: 2010-01-23 12:49by nik