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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

Here is an interesting test from
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000957.php

1) Point north. [Recommendations for answer methods] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000974.php>

2) What time is sunset today? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000973.php>

3) Trace the water you drink from rainfall to your tap. 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000972.php>

4) When you flush, where do the solids go? What happens to the waste 
water? [Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000971.php>

5) How many feet above sea level are you? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000970.php>

6) What spring wildflower is consistently among the first to bloom here? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000969.php>

7) How far do you have to travel before you reach a different watershed? 
Can you draw the boundaries of yours? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000968.php>

8) Is the soil under your feet, more clay, sand, rock or silt? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000967.php>

9) Before your tribe lived here, what did the previous inhabitants eat 
and how did they sustain themselves? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000966.php>

10) Name five native edible plants in your neighborhood and the 
season(s) they are available. [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000965.php>

11) From what direction do storms generally come? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000964.php>

12) Where does your garbage go? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000963.php>

13) How many people live in your watershed? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000962.php>

14) Who uses the paper/plastic you recycle from your neighborhood? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000961.php>

15) Point to where the sun sets on the equinox. How about sunrise on the 
summer solstice? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000960.php>

16) Where is the nearest earthquake fault? When did it last move? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000959.php>

17) Right here, how deep do you have to drill before you reach water? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000958.php>

18) Which (if any) geological features in your watershed are, or were, 
especially respected by your community, or considered sacred, now or in 
the past? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000956.php>

19) How many days is the growing season here (from frost to frost)? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000955.php>

20) Name five birds that live here. Which are migratory and which stay 
put? [Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000954.php>

21) What was the total rainfall here last year? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000953.php>

22) Where does the pollution in your air come from? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000952.php>

23) If you live near the ocean, when is high tide today? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000951.php>

24) What primary geological processes or events shaped the land here? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000950.php>

25) Name three wild species that were not found here 500 years ago. Name 
one exotic species that has appeared in the last 5 years. 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000949.php>

26) What minerals are found in the ground here that are (or were) 
economically valuable? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000948.php>

27) Where does your electric power come from and how is it generated? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000947.php>

28) After the rain runs off your roof, where does it go? ? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000946.php>

29) Where is the nearest wilderness? When was the last time a fire 
burned through it? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000945.php>

30) How many days till the moon is full? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000944.php>

*The Bigger Here Bonus Questions:*

31) What species once found here are known to have gone extinct? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000943.php>

32) What other cities or landscape features on the planet share your 
latitude? [Recommendations] 
<http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000942.php>

33) What was the dominant land cover plant here 10,000 years ago? 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000941.php>

34) Name two places on different continents that have similar 
sunshine/rainfall/wind and temperature patterns to here. 
[Recommendations] <http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/000940.php>


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Don Bowen           KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html