Water Distribution
Where is most of earth's fresh water located?
Trapped in ice/glaciers
Underground water is still part of the water cycle. True or False?
True
What is pH?
measurement of how acidic or basic/alkaline water is
Increased temperature leads to ________ D.O.
lower
Small creek or river that feeds a larger river.
Underground/Aquifers
True
Explain how bioindicators are useful to determine water quality.
If there are a lot then you know the water is healthy.
How does oxygen get into water? Name BOTH ways.
Bubbles and photosynthesis
Most rivers get their water from...
Runoff
What percent of earth's water is fresh?
3%
Transpiration
The level of bioindicators that shows the water is healthy.
lots of biodiversity
Level of pH you would want your drinking water to be.
7
A turn in a river
Meander
97%
Oceans/Salt water
Runoff
Explain turbidity
how clear the water is
Explain the parts of the pH scale
lower numbers = acids
big number = bases
Explain how the water in Greensboro is connected to the water all the way in Wilmington.
Same river basin
What percent of water on earth is surface water?
Less than 1%
The process in which water gathers all in one place
Collection
Explain how temperature can be a form of pollution
It can lower D.O.
A type of pollution associated with runoff.
Nonpoint
Most of us live in which river basin?
Cape Fear