Water Quality Measurements
The term which refers to the cloudiness of water?
What is turbidity?
Cows in a pasture that lead to contaminated pond nearby is likely due to this type of pollution.
What is Biological Pollution?
The term for surface currents that are impacted by solid land forms?
What is Continental Deflection?
This part of the Earth receives the most direct sunlight.
What is the equator?
This is another name for deep ocean currents used by scientists and Bill Nye.
What is thermohaline?
The term which refers to microscopic solids found in a water sample?
What is Dissolved Solids?
The unnatural rise in temperature of a waterway near a factory is likely due to this type of pollution?
What is Thermal Pollution?
These currents are driven by the global winds powered by the sun.
What are surface currents?
The two components the affect the density of water.
What are temperature and salinity?
This is the driving force of deep ocean currents.
What is density differences?
The term which refers to the total amount of bacteria, viruses and protists in a water supply.
What is microbial load?
Pollution that can be traced back to a single source like a waste pipe dumping into the ocean is known as this type of pollution.
What is point source pollution?
Ocean currents transport energy and _______.
What is matter?
True or False: Earth's oceans prevent the Earth from getting too hot or too cold.
What is true?
Water density is impacted by temperature and this term which describes the saltiness of the sample.
What is salinity?
The measure of the acidity in a sample.
What is pH?
Water that is safe for human consumption as determined by the EPA is referred to by this term.
What is potable?
Another name for the impact on wind and ocean currents caused by the rotation of the Earth.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
What is the main energy source on Earth?
What is the sun?
As you increase the salinity of water, you increase this characteristic of water.
What is the density?
What is Dissolved Oxygen?
Biological, Thermal, Chemical and ____________ are 4 major types of water pollution.
What is eutrophication?
This part of the Earth receives the most sunlight.
What is the equator?
True or False: Warm surface currents bring water from the poles to the equator.
What is false?
The term used to describe deep ocean currents returning to the surface and bringing nutrients for living organisms.
What is upwelling?