Ballona Creek 'Matching Quiz' #1
	Question	Match	Item	Description
1	The name of the Native Americans that lived in the valley near Ballona Creek is ...		A	A plant that did not grow in an area before people came.
2	What is a "native" plant?		B	Willow. alder, and sycamore.
3	What trees grow by Ballona Creek today?		C	Fish, frogs, and people.
4	What birds can be found using Ballona Creek?		D	Street runoff, industrial waste water, natural streams, and springs.
5	What plants might have grown by Ballona Creek before it was made into a concrete channel?		E	They help restore diversity the balance of nature.
6	Who created a butterfly garden near Ballona Creek?		F	Ballona.
7	What ranching families were early settlers in the Ballona Valley?		G	Ducks, herons, pelicans, and barn swallows.
8	What is an "exotic" plant?		H	Tongva / Gabrielinos.
9	Why are native plants important to Ballona Creek?		I	Machado/ Lugo.
10	What could use the water in Ballona Creek if it were not polluted?		J	Eucalyptus, palm and other native and non-native types.
11	What is the source of the water in Ballona Creek?		K	A plant that used to grow in an area before people.
12	[This name] has no definite meaning, there are several ideas as to its origin, but none for sure.		L	Culver Middle School, Sony, and Tree People.
	Ballona Creek 'Matching Quiz' #2
	Question	Match	Item	Description
1	Over 80 years ago ...		A	... is an area that drains into a creek, river or other body of water.
2	Around 1920, the County ...		B	... for drinking water and irrigation.
3	From 1930-1940 the US. Army Corps of Engineers ...		C	... test the water quality in Ballona Creek. The rating has always shown that the water is not yet safe for wading in or for fish either.
4	Up into the 1800s Ballona Creek sometimes ...		D	... reduce graffiti, make the bike path more attractive, involve youth, and make people more aware of water ways in existence.
5	Native Americans and early settlers used Ballona Creek ...		E	... border Ballona Creek.
6	Styrofoam containers, cigarette butts, shopping carts, and household hazardous waste ...		F	Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and Inglewood.
7	Flood protection, a better bike path, improved water quality, and enjoyable landscaping ...		G	... joined the Los Angeles River. A major storm and urbanization caused the separation to the present time.
8	A "watershed" ...		H	Ballona Creek used to be a natural stream with water flowing from the Santa Monica Mountains and Baldwin Hills to a big marsh next to Santa Monica Bay.
9	Farragut Elementary School, Culver City Middle and High Schools ...		I	... are being planned to improve Ballona Creek for use by natural habitat and people.
10	Santa Monica Baykeeper ...		J	Created the concrete channel sides on Ballona Creek.
11	Ballona Creek Renaissance initiated a "Rivers of the World" mural to ...		K	... started to change Ballona Creek into an earthen channel to keep it from flooding the area.
12	Ballona Creek Watershed includes ...		L	... make up the urban runoff that pollute Ballona Creek and the Santa Monica Bay.