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Key Terms
Short Answer
Water Cycle
Pollution
Bonus
100
The tightness across the surface of water that is caused by the polar molecules pulling on one another
Surface tension
100
What is stormwater or "runoff"?
the water from rain or melting snows that can become "runoff" flowing over the ground surface and returning to lakes and streams.
100
What are the four parts to the water cycle?
Evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation.
100
A widely spread source of pollution that is difficult to link to a specific point of origin.
Nonpoint source pollution
100
The open space, or voids, within the soil that is free for air and water.
Porosity
200
Property of water that allows it to rise in a tube or straw
capillary action
200
How does an increase in "runoff" effect water pollution
An increase in runoff leads to an increase in water pollution.
200
What step in the cycles do clouds form?
Condensation
200
Give two examples of nonpoint source pollution
(Answers may vary)
200
Two types of sediment/soil that are permeable?
Sand and gravel
300
the process by which particles in a liquid clump together.
coagulation
300
Desribe the formation of clouds.
Clouds form when condensed droplets of water clump together around tiny dust particles in the air.
300
Give an example of how precipitation can be negative on an environment.
Acid rain caused by air pollution.
300
A specifc source of pollution that can be identified to a specifc origin.
Point source pollution
300
Two types of sediment/soil that are impermeable?
Clay and granite
400
the land area that supplies water to a river system
watershed
400
Where is most of Earth's freshwater found?
Ice
400
Another name for the water cycle?
Hydrologic Cycle
400
Give two examples of point source pollution
(Answers may vary)
400
The process that causes a lake or pond to gradually become filled in by nutrients and decaying matter.
Eutrophication
500
A measurement of the substances in water besides water molecules
water quality
500
Trace a droplet of water through the entire water cycle describing all parts and spheres included.
(May vary)
500
What two spheres are involved when water evaporates from the ocean into the sky?
hydrosphere and atmosphere
500
The largest form of water pollution on Earth
Sediment pollution
500
What is the source of drinking water in Mt. Orab, OH?
surface water (reservoir)