oceans
What are small organisms that float freely in the ocean?
Plankton
What are large pieces of ice floating in the open ocean called?
Icebergs
The measure of the health of a water supply
Water quality
Where does wastewater go if you live in a rural area?
Septic tank
What is the change of state from a liquid to a gas?
Evaporation
What is the deepest part of the ocean over 30,000 feet deep?
Trenches
What percentage does saltwater make up in the world?
97% of all water is saltwater.
People that collect water samples to monitor the health of the water
Ecologists
What is runoff from pavement and building roof tops during rainfall or snow events call?
Stormwater
What is an underground formation that contains groundwater called?
Aquifer
What is the process of small bacteria using chemical energy to produce carbohydrates/food?
Chemosythesis
The tightness across the surface of the water.
Surface tension
What is the pH that is acidic, neutral, and basic
Less than 7 is acidic, 7 is neutral, more than 7 is basic
A person put in charge over someone else's possession or estate?
Steward
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers?
Groundwater
What is the steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf?
Continental slope
The ability to climb up the inside of a tube or cling to paper or cloth.
Capillary action
Temperature
The careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care
Stewardship
What are lands consisting of marshes or swamps called?
Wetlands
What is the production of light by living organisms?
Bioluminescence
The property of water that means it takes a lot of energy to change the temperature of water.
High specific heat
What is the measure of the degrees to which water loses it transparency due to the presence of suspended particles
Turbidity
First filtration and sedimentation, coagulation, flocculation, second sedimentation, chlorination, second filtration, final chemical treatment, distribution are all steps of the...
Drinking water treatment process
The emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants is called?
Transpiration