2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Water Ecology Water Usage Water Cycle Water Quality Misc.
Surface water that flows to streams and other water storage areas
What is run-off
Process by which material is dissolved, loosened or worn away from one part of the Earth’s surface and is deposited in other places
What is erosion
An area of land that drains water, sediment and dissolved materials to a common receiving body or outlet
What is a watershed
The aquatic zone in which water is flowing very fast, there is a lot of dissolved oxygen in the water and not as much biodiversity
What is the source zone
The aquatic zone where streams join into wider deeper rivers that meander across valleys, with high numbers of producers and widely diverse fish population
What is the floodplain zone
Percentage of Earth’s water that is contained in oceans
What is 97%
The biggest cause of infant mortality in the world
Contaminated water
Percentage of Earth’s water that is usable by humans
What 0.3 %
The two main sources of water for human use
What are streams and ground water
Most water is used by humans for these purposes
What is power production and irrigation
The process of going from liquid to gas form for water
What is evaporation
The process of going from water vapor to water droplets
What is condensation
When water droplets in the atmosphere accumulate enough mass and velocity then this happens
What is precipitation
The process of evaporating water from plant leaves is known as
What is transpiration
The process of water seeping through sand, rocks and soil is known as
What is infiltration
This test indicates the ability of water to support a healthy environment of aquatic plants and animals
What is dissolved oxygen
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Sources of inorganic nitrogen in streams and rivers include (choose 3)
What is industrial wastewater, septic tanks, discharges from car exhausts, feed lot discharges, animal wastes
pH can have significant environmental impact due to ______ effects
What is synnergistic
Water is a unique substance because (choose 3)
What is it is a liquid over a wide range in temps, high heat capacity, can dissolve a variety of compounds, it acts as a natural buffer, filters UV light, has high surface tension, expands when it freezes
Nitrites can cause a serious condition in fish called brown blood disease which causes this to happen
What is convert hemoglobin to methamoglobin so red blood cells can’t transport oxygen
Water that fills voids in soil and rock is known as
What is ground water
Porous, water-saturated layers of sand, gravel or bedrock through which groundwater flows are called.
What is an aquifer
The transition area between the area of ground that is saturated with water and the area that is not is called
What is the water table
Low per capita availability of water
What is water stress
Four main causes of water scarcity.
What are dry climate, drought, desiccation (drying of soil), water stress.