1. Water
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2. Water use and conservation 3
Definitions 1
Pollution types 2
Water use and conservation 3
How much water? 4
Potpourri 5 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50

3. Topic 1 – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Define runoff
Water that moves across the ground

4. Topic 1 – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Define infiltration
When water passes through the soil

5. Topic 1 – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Define recharge
When water seeps into the ground to refill the aquifer

6. Topic 1 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Define Water table
The top of the aquifer

7. Topic 1 – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Define Well
When you drill into an aquifer to release water

8. Topic 2 – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: What is sediment pollution?
Pollution created by soil erosion when the soil enters the water

9. Topic 2 – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: What is thermal pollution?
The human caused change in water temperature

10. Topic 2 – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Define point source pollution
When you can see pollution from a specific location, you can point to the location of the pollution

11. Topic 2 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What type of pollution is bacteria and viruses?
ANSWER:
biological pollution

12. Topic 2 – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Define non-point source pollution
ANSWER:
Pollution from a many sources such that you can not determine specifically where the original source is

13. Topic 3 – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
How can agriculture conserve water?
ANSWER:
Install drip irrigation, use climate appropriate plants

14. Topic 3 – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What are the two methods Arizona uses to manage it’s water supply?
ANSWER:
Dams to store water and canals to transport water

15. Topic 3 – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
From greatest to least, rank the primary uses of fresh water around the world.
ANSWER:
Agriculture, industrial, personal

16. Topic 3 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is the main troubles associated with using ground water?
ANSWER:
We take it out of ground faster than it can be recharged (replaced)

17. Topic 3 – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Human activities that clear large areas of land and increase erosion contribute directly to what type of pollution?
ANSWER:
Sediment pollution

18. Topic 4 – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Groundwater is primarily used for what purpose?
ANSWER:
irrigation

19. Topic 4 – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
In the United States, most of the fresh water we use—about 74 percent of it—comes from where?
ANSWER:
Surface water (rivers, lakes)

20. Topic 4 – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: How much water is in the ocean?
97%

21. Topic 4 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Which household activity uses the most water?
ANSWER:
Flushing the toilet

22. Topic 4 – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What percentage of Earth’s water is in ice caps and glaciers?
ANSWER: 2%

23. Topic 5 – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Why did the Aral Sea disappear?
The rivers that fed the lake were diverted to grow cotton; with no water coming in and evaporation both devastated the lake

24. Topic 5 – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: From human activities on land
Where does most of the oil pollution come from that is in the ocean?
ANSWER:
From human activities on land

25. Topic 5 – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Diagram the major steps of cleaning waste water/drinking water treatment process.
ANSWER:
Sedimentation/settling flocculationfiltrationaeration so bacteria can eat wastechlorination

26. Topic 5 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Nitrogen and phosphorus
Which nutrient is usually responsible for causing eutrophication in fresh water?
ANSWER:
Nitrogen and phosphorus

27. Topic 5 – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Harmful algal blooms are a result of what type of pollution? Daily Double: answer this as well for extra points: What is the name for this algae bloom?
ANSWER:
Nutrient/Eutrophication