Water cycle
What percent of water is earth?
70%.
Precipitation followed by _____?
Run off.
What are the three water sources?
Agricultural, industrial, and municipal.
Aluminum is added to remove mud and bacteria
What is coagulation?
Problem: water is wasted?
Solution: use a suitable amount of water, take 5min showers.
What is the 3rd stage in the water cycle?
Precipitation.
Aquifers become recharged from what part of the water cycle?
infiltration and percolation.
Agriculture taps into ____?
Aquifers and irrigation systems.
5 steps to make water potable IN ORDER.
first filtration, coagulation, second filtration, chlorination, aeration, and additional treatment
Problem: Ground water is depleted?
Solution: Use alternative water sources. Such as water pumps.
What are the forms of precipitation?
rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog.
What is lateral recharge?
Rivers and streams flow sideways to recharge aquifers.
What happens in aeration?
Forcing air into water to release gases and order and improves taste.
Chlorine is added to kill and prevent bacteria growth
What is chlorination?
Problem: Thermal pollution?
Solution: Reuse or cool heated water.
how do plants give off water?
Through transpiration and their leaves.
What is the difference btw surface water and ground water?
Ground water saturated soil’s and rock been supplying Spring Wells, and surface water is on the surface such as streams and lakes.
Lake Okeechobee
What is Residential?
Why we should filter our water at home?
To remove chemicals
___________ occurs in a fast pace due to _____________?
Cultural eutrophication; human interference
In which part of the plant does transpiration occur?
Leaves.
difference between aquifer and water table?
water table references a specific portion of groundwater and aquifer is all the groundwater present in the area.
What percent water is used for municipal?
12%
How is potable water is different from fresh water?
Potable water is treated but freshwater is not.
What is the difference between land subsidence and saltwater intrusion?
Land subsidence is when the salt water sinks and the saltwater intrusion is when the salt water enters fresh water