Units
The unit system used by scientists and our class.
What is the metric/SI system?
NH3
What is Ammonia?
What air stones add to tanks (give me water quality term).
What is DO (dissolved oxygen)?
This happens if you do not follow the lab rules.
What is receiving an infraction?
When the pH is below 7.
What is acidic?
This unit is used to measure salinity.
What is ppt (parts per thousand)?
NO3
What is nitrate?
Chemical compound found in tap water that is harmful to fish.
What is chlorine?
This must be done after using any equipment in the lab. (i.e. sample cups, pipettes, nets)
What is rinsing with hot water, virkon, rinse with hot water 2x?
This instrument measures the salinity of water.
What is a refractometer?
This unit is used for all nitrogen products.
What is ppm (parts per million)?
NO2
What is Nitrite?
This is produced by fish and excreted through their gills.
What is ammonia?
This kind of footwear must be worn in the lab.
What are closed toe shoes?
How acidic or alkaline water is.
What is pH?
This unit is used to measure temperature in our lab.
What is degrees Celcius?
The bacteria that converts Ammonia to Nitrite.
What is nitrosomonas?
PPE you must wear when conducting water quality.
What is safety goggles?
Cleaning process students must do before working in the lab.
What is washing hands?
This is when your pH value is at 7.
What is neutral?
This is the only water quality parameter without a unit.
What is pH?
The bacteria that converts Nitrite to Nitrate.
What is nitrobacter?
Measurement of the amount of calcium and magnesium dissolved in water.
What is Hardness?
These devices are never allowed in the lab
What is a cell phone?
When pH is above 7.
What is basic?