Water Distribution
Water Filtration
Microbe Contamination
The Water Cycle
100

What is a reservoir? 

A reservoir is used to store large amounts of water. Reservoirs can form naturally or be made by humans.

100

What is a water filter?

A process done to perform filtration on polluted water

100

What are microbes?

Microscopic living things, also called microorganisms

100

T or F: The majority of water on Earth is salt water

TRUE (97.5%)

200

What do aqueducts do?

Used to transport water across large distances.

200

List examples of what we can use as filter materials:

SAND, GRAVEL, BEADS, CHARCOAL, and SCRENS

200

Where are microbes found?

SOIL, WATER, AIR, LIVING THINGS

200

What is water pollution?

Can be NATURAL or HUMAN-caused: It happens when chemicals, waste, or natural materials enter a body of water.  

300

What is the use of storage tanks?

They are used to hold large amounts of water before it is sent to different communities.

300

T or F: Are filters used in pools and tanks?

TRUE: Any swimming pools or fish tanks need filters

300

List the benefits of microbes

- Helps us digest food

- Makes food (ie: bread)

- Helps make vaccines

- Is food for other living things


300

What is transpiration in the water cycle?

Plants release water vapor into the atmosphere in the presence of sunlight.

400

True or False: Running your tap with cold water and using a pitcher filter will help protect you from lead exposure

True

400

Why do we need filters?

Remove: WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, MICROPLASTICS, METALS and MICROBES

400

You should boil drinking water or rely on bottled water to keep yourself safe

True

400

How does climate change impact the water cycle?

Global warming increases the speed and amount of evaporation --> Increases runoff, and the amount of precipitation

500

What does a storage tank do?

It holds large amounts of water before it is sent to different communities.

500

What are the THREE places filters can be/are used?

1. Water treatment plants

2. Homes and buildings

3. Pools and tanks

500

How is water contaminated?

SEWAGE, STORMWATER RUNOFF, AGRICULTURE

500

What are the NATURAL causes of water pollution?

STORM WASTE, ALGAL BLOOMS, VOLCANOES