Water Quality
Physical Factors 1
Dissolved Oxygen
Physical Factors 2
Biological Factors
100
A measure of the physical and chemical and biological factors that affect a body.
What is water quality?
100
This is the amount of heat in water, measured in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius.

What is temperature?

100

This is known as the amount of oxygen found in water.

What is dissolved oxygen?

100
A measure of how acidic or basic a substance is.
What is pH?
100

These type of organisms do very well in polluted conditions.

What is tolerant?

200

This is a small amount of water collected from a specific location and time to test for various water quality parameters.

What is a water sample?

200

This is a measurement of how acidic or basic a substance is.

What is pH?

200

An increase in dissolved oxygen levels can indicate that temperature of water is...

What is "colder"?

200

This is the measurement of organic and fertilizer matter in water.

What are nitrates and phosphates?

200

These are organisms that can survive in polluted water, but prefer good stream quality.

What is intermediate?

300

These are the two types of water quality tests.

What are "chemical" and "biological" tests?

300
The measure of how cloudy or clear water is.
What is turbidity?
300
dissolved oxygen in often measured in
What is parts per million?
300

An excess of nutrients, fertilizer, nitrates and phosphates in water is due to this process.

What is eutrophication?

300

Organisms that cannot survive in polluted waters are said to be...

What is intolerant?

400

Water quality is used to determine whether water is...

What is "safe for human use, aquatic life, and the environment"?

400

High turbidity impacts aquatic life by...

Making the water absorb more sunlight/warmer AND/OR blocking sunlight for aquatic plants.
400

These seasons can cause dissolved oxygen levels to DECREASE.

What is spring and summer?

400
A sudden population growth in algae.
What is algal bloom?
400
Organisms that do not have a backbone
What is microinvertebrates?
500

The deeper you go in a body of water, the water temperature becomes...

What is "colder"?

500

These get dumped into bodies of water due to run off from eutrophication.

What are "nutrients" AND/OR "fertilizer"?

500

These seasons can cause dissolved oxygen levels to INCREASE.

What is fall and winter?

500

Healthy/pure water has a pH of...

What is 7.0?

500

What are organisms used to monitor the health of an environment.

What is bio-indicators?