Stay grounded, water
The scientific term used for where our groundwater supply is stored. It is where we get most of our freshwater in Florida.
What is an aquifer?
This type of pollution comes from a single, defined location
What is point-source pollution?
Most of our freshwater on planet Earth is stored here.
What are glaciers (ice caps)?
Name one state that was affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?
What is Florida, Alabama, or Louisiana?
Nitrates from agriculture is this type of contaminant.
What is nutrient?
This part of the water cycle recharges water levels on earth
What is precipitation?
What is nonpoint source pollution?
This group is the largest consumer of freshwater in the United States.
What is agriculture?
Name a non-animal organism that was heavily affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?
What are the coral reefs
Sand that erodes into water supplies is this type of contaminant
What is sediment
Describe groundwater recharge
What is the process of water going from the surface to groundwater (aquifers) by gravity pulling it downward
Is point source or nonpoint source pollution caused when contaminated rainfall or snowmelt moves over the ground?
What is nonpoint source pollution?
On average, the average American household uses ____ gallons of water per day? 30, 300, 1000, 3000?
What are 3000 gallons?
These are used to contain oil on the surface of the water after an oil spill?
What are booms?
Paint thinner that leaches into groundwater at a landfill is this kind of contaminant
What is toxic?
Gravity will stop pulling groundwater into the aquifer when this scientific term is full (Hint: Zone of _______)
What is the zone of saturation?
Factories and sewage treatment plants are common examples of this type of pollution source
What are point sources?
The sector of business that uses the second most amount of freshwater resources.
What is thermoelectric power (power plants)?
There are two options of items that can remove oil from the surface of the water once it is contained. Name one.
What are skimmers or sorbents?
Human waste leaking from a septic tank can be a source of which two types of contaminants?
What is nutrient or bacterial?
A reason that urban development affects groundwater recharge
What are more impermeable surfaces reduce the amount of water that can go down into the aquifers?
What are point sources?
This term describes the amount of water used indirectly, such as in the production of goods.
What is vritual water?
These microorganisms were used to break down the oil in the environment after the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill.
What are oil (hydrocarbon) consuming bacteria that did bioremediation?
What is the consequence of excessive nutrients in our waters?