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Mineralized Water
Distilled Water
Purified Water
Tap Water
Rain Water
100
Where does mineral water come from?
What are mineral springs?
100
The process of boiling water to remove it's impurities, then condensing the steam into a clear container. Specifically, nitrates, bacteria, sodium, hardness, dissolved solids, most organic compounds, and lead are removed also by the process.
What is distillation?
100
The process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids and gases from contaminated water.
What is water purification?
100
Water that comes out of a faucet and that is also used for brushing, washing, and watering your lawn.
What is tap water?
100
Name some uses of rainwater.
What is watering the lawn, water for livestock, and irrigation.
200
What does mineral water contain?
Mineral water contains various minerals, such as salts and sulfur compounds. Mineral water may be effervescent (sparkling/fizzy) due to contained gases.
200
These are known as "infectious agents" since they cause disease in their host. Distillation is one way to remove this in water.
What are pathogens?
200
Does purification remove all impurities from water?
What is yes?
200
What are the 3 most commonly used materials to make pipes for transporting tap water?
What are copper, plastic and steel?
200
True or false, rainwater contains more contaminants than surface water.
What is true. Generally, rain water is cleaner than surface water. But there is still a chance of contaminants by birds and dust.
300
What is the only thing allowed to be added to mineral water?
What is carbon dioxide?
300
Distilled water is normally deprived of what? (hint: not impurities)
What are minerals?
300
What does the purification process reduce in water?
What is particulate matter? (examples include suspended particles, parasites, bacteria, algae, viruses, fungi)
300
In many areas, this is added to the water to help improve dental health in the public.
What is fluoride?
300
Name some forms of rain.
What are snow, sleet and hail.
400
Does mineral water pose a threat to someone's health if they drink it?
What is no. Mineral water is one of the best types of water to drink, because it doesn't contain any added preservatives and is completely natural. It contains essential minerals such as iron, calcium and magnesium.
400
True or False: Distillation removes 100% of all harmful contaminants in water.
What is true?
400
Name the two processes most commonly used to purify water.
What are physical processes such as filtration, sedimentation, and distillation, biological processes such as slow sand filters or biologically active carbon, chemical processes such as flocculation and chlorination and the use of electromagnetic radiation such as ultraviolet light.
400
This chemical element is used to to kill biological toxins in tap water during the treatment process.
What is chlorine?
400
Rainwater is only drinkable if it has been
What is filtered/filtration?
500
How many brands of mineral water are commercially available in the world today?
What is over 3,000. The most commonly known mineral water brands are Fuji, Evian, Aquafina, Dasani, smartwater
500
Name some uses for distilled water, besides drinking.
Distilled water can be used in aquariums to give fish a longer life, used to clean and wash wounds, used in automotive cooling systems, and is used in lab experiments. There are other uses too.
500
Most water is purified for human consumption (drinking water), but water purification may also be designed for a variety of other purposes. Name some areas of work that require purified water.
What are medical, pharmacological, chemical and industrial areas.
500
Some of the most common minerals found in tap water.
What are calcium, sodium and magnesium. Iron and potassium are also found, it just depends on where you are.
500
Why does Snoop dogg need an umbrella?
Fo' Drizzle.