Our Water Supply
On a global scale, this human activity uses the most water.
What is agriculture?
Water that enters into a wastewater treatment plant.
What is influent?
The attraction force between water molecules.
What is cohesion?
The percentage of pore space in a material.
What is porosity?
What was the main contaminant in the Flint Michigan Water Crisis?
What is lead?
More than 97% of the Earth’s total water supply is found in this.
What are the oceans?
Water that exits a wastewater treatment plant?
What is enfluent?
If water has a high conductivity level in means that it is high in
What is salt?
What are we measuring when we look at the cloudiness of water?
What is turbidity?
When we measure the cloudiness of water, we are measuring this
What is turbidity?
What is most of our freshwater on Earth stored in?
What are icecaps and glaciers?
What is added to the treatment process to kill off any bacteria and microbes?
What is chlorine?
What type of bonding takes place with the elements that make up ONE water molecule?
What is a polar covalent bond?
We call a substance this if it does NOT allow fluid to pass through it.
What is impermeable or impervious?
When something holds as much water as can be absorbed, we say that it is this.
What is saturated?
What is 75%?
During the wastewater treatment process, these help with removing solid waste.
What are bar screens?
.When water vapor in the atmosphere changes directly into ice (like frost on cars)
What is deposition?
a layer of underground rock or earth that holds and transmits groundwater, which can be extracted for use.
What is an aquifer?
A factory is spilling some sort of fluid into a nearby stream. This type of pollution would be considered
What is point source pollution?
How many states are included in the Ogallala aquifer?
What is 8?
The ultimate goal of the wastewater treatment process
What is clean, usable water?
Substance dissolved in a liquid
What is a solute?
When too much nitrogen and phosphorous get into the water, an algal bloom may occur. What is this process called?
The ability of the water to neutralize acids and bases and thus maintain a fairly stable pH level is called
What is alkalinity?