1. a. The type of fresh water found in an aquifer
2. t. Scientist who studies our water cycle, tests water quality and oversees our drinking water
3. r. The KNOWN or direct source of pollution. For example, discovering a pipe coming from a factory, leaking waste into a river
4. q. Overabundance of nutrients in a fresh water source. Creates algal blooms
5. p. Water found in lakes, reservoirs, streams and rivers
6. o. The soapy water that runs down your driveway when you wash your car is known as
7. j. The UNKNOWN or general source of pollution. Examples include acid rain, road runoff or agricultural run off. Too broad to know the one exact source of pollution
8. m. The general study of Earth's water
9. i. Low-flow toilets, showerheads and faucet; energy efficient washing machines and dishwashers
10. n. Type of energy created from the wastewater in sewage
11. h. Gasoline, oil, and salts
12. l. Law that regulates pollutants and protects any body of water in the U.S.
13. k. Fertilizers, manure
14. c. Unsafe for drinking
15. e. Law that regulates pollutants and protects any body of water in the U.S.
16. g. Variety of plants and animals in an ecosystem that work to maintain a healthy system
17. s. The process that removes contaminants from a water source in order to make it safe to drink "potable"
18. d. System where fish waste provides the necessary nutrients for hydroponically grown plants, and the water cycles throughout the system, back and forth between fish and plants
19. b. Water Treatment Companies must monitor drinking water quality due to this government regulation
20. f. Government organization that protects our air, land and water
Match the Unit 8 Water Quality term with its example, description or definition.
Column A
1.
Groundwater
2.
Hydrologist
3.
Point-source pollution
4.
5.
eutrophication
6.
Wastewater
7.
Non-point source of pollution
Environmental Protection Agency
Agricultural run off agents
Surface water
Safe Drinking Water Act
8.
Hydrology
9.
Water-saving techniques
10.
Biodiesel
11.
Road run off agents
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Biodiversity
17.
Water Treatment
18.
19.
20.
Aquaponics
Hydrologic Cycle
Clean Water Act
Nonpotable
Column B
a. The type of fresh water found in an aquifer
b. Water Treatment Companies must monitor drinking
water quality due to this government regulation.
c. Unsafe for drinking
d. System where fish waste provides the necessary nutrients
for hydroponically grown plants, and the water cycles
throughout the system, back and forth between fish and
plants.
e. Law that regulates pollutants and protects any body of
water in the U.S.
f. Government organization that protects our air, land and
water
g. Variety of plants and animals in an ecosystem that work
to maintain a healthy system.
h. Gasoline, oil, and salts
i. Low-flow toilets, showerheads and faucet; energy efficient
washing machines and dishwashers
j. The UNKNOWN or general source of pollution. Examples
include acid rain, road runoff or agricultural run off. Too
broad to know the one exact source of pollution
k. Fertilizers, manure
I. Another name for the water cycle, which describes how
water changes forms/sources/locations as it cycles
throughout our ecosystem.
m. The general study of Earth's water
n. Type of energy created from the wastewater in sewage
o. The soapy water that runs down your driveway when you
wash your car is known as
p. Water found in lakes, reservoirs, streams and rivers
q. Overabundance of nutrients in a fresh water source.
Creates algal blooms.
r. The KNOWN or direct source of pollution. For example,
discovering a pipe coming from a factory, leaking waste
into a river.
s. The process that removes contaminants from a water
source in order to make it safe to drink "potable"
t. Scientist who studies our water cycle, tests water quality
and oversees our drinking water
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