1. FreshwaterJeopardy $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100$100$100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Freshwater Systems and Resources How We Use Water Quantity of Freshwater Freshwater Pollution Wastewater Treatment FINAL ROUND

2. Freshwater Systems and Resources $100 Question Summarizes how liquid, gaseous and solid water flows through the environment BACK TO GAME ANSWER

3. Freshwater Systems and Resources $100 Answer What is “Hydrologic cycle ”? BACK TO GAME

4. Freshwater Systems and Resources $200 Question BACK TO GAME ANSWER The loss of water in the form of water vapor from the aerial parts of the plant.

5. Freshwater Systems and Resources $200 Answer What is “Transpiration” ? BACK TO GAME

6. Freshwater Systems and Resources $300 Question Underground reservoirs of sponge-like regions of rock and soil that hold groundwater BACK TO GAME ANSWER

7. Freshwater Systems and Resources $300 Answer What are “aquifers”? BACK TO GAME

8. Freshwater Systems and Resources $400 Question region ringing the edge of a water body (rooted aquatic plants grow in this shallow part) BACK TO GAME ANSWER

9. Freshwater Systems and Resources $400 Answer What is the “Littoral zone ”? BACK TO GAME

10. Freshwater Systems and Resources $500 Question Which lake is eutrophic? BACK TO GAME ANSWER A B

11. Freshwater Systems and Resources $500 Answer What is “B”? BACK TO GAME Oligotrophic lakes Eutrophic lake

12. How We Use Freshwater $100 Question The primary use for water by humans BACK TO GAME ANSWER

13. How We Use Freshwater $100 Answer What is “ agriculture“ ? BACK TO GAME

14. How We Use Freshwater $200 Question reasons to build dams BACK TO GAME ANSWER

15. How We Use Freshwater $200 Answer What are the “to generate electricity, prevent flooding, and provide irrigation”? BACK TO GAME

16. How We Use Freshwater $300 Question areas where ground gives way unexpectedly; caused by overuse of aquifer BACK TO GAME ANSWER

17. How We Use Freshwater $300 Answer What are “sinkholes”? BACK TO GAME

18. How We Use Freshwater $400 Question Overpumping ground water in coastal ares can cause _________ to move into groundwater, making the water undrinkable BACK TO GAME ANSWER

19. How We Use Freshwater $400 Answer What is “salt water”? BACK TO GAME

20. A drawback associated with building dams How We Use Freshwater $500 Question BACK TO GAME ANSWER

21. What are “displacement of people, alteration of wildlife habitat, decline in fisheries due to blocked migration and thermal pollution, sediment settling behind the dam, pollutants trapped behind the dam”? How We Use Freshwater $500 Answer BACK TO GAME

22. Quantity of Freshwater $100 Question occurs when large amounts of groundwater have been excessively withdrawn from an aquifer; the clay layers within the aquifer compact and settle, resulting in lowering the ground surface in the area from which the groundwater is being pumped. BACK TO GAME ANSWER

23. Quantity of Freshwater $100 Answer BACK TO GAME What is “land subsidence”?

24. Quantity of Freshwater $200 Question the removal of salt from seawater or other water of marginal quality BACK TO GAME ANSWER

25. Quantity of Freshwater $200 Answer What is “desalination”? BACK TO GAME

26. Quantity of Freshwater $300 Question Efficient irrigation methods BACK TO GAME ANSWER

27. Quantity of Freshwater $300 Answer What are “Low-pressure spray irrigation (sprays water downward) and Drip irrigation systems (target individual plants) ”? BACK TO GAME

28. Quantity of Freshwater $400 Question Ways in which residential demand for water can be reduced BACK TO GAME ANSWER

29. Quantity of Freshwater $400 Answer What are “watering lawns at night, using low-flow faucets, landscaping with native plants”? BACK TO GAME

30. Quantity of Freshwater $500 Question In this diagram, excess surface water runoff is used to ________ the aquifer BACK TO GAME ANSWER

31. Quantity of Freshwater $500 Answer What is “recharge”? BACK TO GAME

32. Freshwater Pollution $100 Question Discrete locations of water pollution BACK TO GAME ANSWER

33. Freshwater Pollution $100 Answer What are “point sources”? BACK TO GAME

34. Freshwater Pollution $200 Question pollution that arises from multiple inputs over larger areas (farms, city streets, neighborhoods) BACK TO GAME ANSWER

35. Freshwater Pollution $200 Answer : What are “nonpoint sources”? BACK TO GAME

36. Freshwater Pollution $300 Question BACK TO GAME ANSWER Excessive nitrates in drinking water can adversely affect a baby’s health, sometimes causing _______________

37. Freshwater Pollution $300 Answer What is “blue baby syndrome”? BACK TO GAME

38. Freshwater Pollution $400 Question can effectively remove many pollutants associated with municipal and industrial wastewater and stormwater; can serve as a wildlife site, to attract various animals and provide habitat BACK TO GAME ANSWER

39. Freshwater Pollution $400 Answer What is “artificial wetland”? BACK TO GAME

40. Freshwater Pollution $500 Question Legislation making it illegal to discharge pollution without a permit; sets standards for industrial wastewater; funded sewage treatment plants BACK TO GAME ANSWER

41. Freshwater Pollution $500 Answer What is the “Clean Water Act ”? BACK TO GAME

42. Wastewater Treatment $100 Question the most popular method of wastewater disposal in rural areas; underground tanks separate solids and oils from wastewater;the water drains into a drain field, where microbes decompose the pollutants;solid waste is periodically pumped out and landfilled BACK TO GAME ANSWER

43. Wastewater Treatment $100 Answer What is “septic system”? BACK TO GAME

44. Wastewater Treatment $200 Question created by decomposition can be burned to generate electricity BACK TO GAME ANSWER

45. Wastewater Treatment $200 Answer What is “methane gas”? BACK TO GAME

46. Wastewater Treatment $300 Question physically removes contaminants in settling tanks (clarifiers) BACK TO GAME ANSWER

47. Wastewater Treatment $300 Answer What is “primary treatment”? BACK TO GAME

48. Wastewater Treatment $400 Question solid material resulting from treatment; which is then landfilled, incinerated, or used as fertilizer on cropland BACK TO GAME ANSWER

49. Wastewater Treatment $400 Answer What is “sludge”? BACK TO GAME

50. Wastewater Treatment $500 Question a biological treatment process to remove dissolved organic matter from wastewater; sewage microorganisms are cultivated and added to the wastewater; the microorganisms absorb organic matter from sewage as their food supply. BACK TO GAME ANSWER

51. Wastewater Treatment $500 Answer What is “secondary treatment”? BACK TO GAME

52. FINAL ROUND Question a synthetic chemical that when absorbed into the body either mimics or blocks hormones and disrupts the body's normal functions; enters the air or water as a byproduct of many chemical and manufacturing processes and when plastics and other materials are burned; can leach out of plastics; are persistent in the environment BACK TO GAME ANSWER

53. FINAL ROUND Answer What is an “endocrine disruptor”? BACK TO GAME