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 aqueducts does Boston's water flow through

Cosgrove and Wachusett Aqueducts

200

List examples of what we can use as filter media:

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

How many metered delivery points does Boston's water need to run through before it can reach consumers?

1-29

300

How does the filtration process work?

1. Screening: Pollutants that are too large at stopped when water flows through the screens

2. Absorption: Pollutants "absorb" to the surface of filter materials

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: DEBRIS, TOXIC CHEMICALS, MICROPLASTICS, METALS and MICROBES

400

You should boil drinking water and/or bleach non-drinking 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 are the THREE ways lead can enter water?

1. Corrosive water (can easily dissolve materials like lead)

2. Warm water

3. Stagnant water

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 DEBRIS, ALGAL BLOOMS, VOLCANOES