APES Water Jeopardy Water SourcesUse 2 Water Sustainability
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Area in the ground completely filled with water…
What is: Zone of saturation
Another name for drainage basin is this…
What is: Watershed
Which of the following uses tends to use the smallest amount of water? Irrigation Industry Public use Energy production
What is: Public use
The water area that is located at the top of the zone of saturation…
What is: Water table
What activity represents the highest global use of freshwater?
What is: Agriculture, 70%
The primary water source for the Colorado river comes from…
What is: Snow melt from the Rockies
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When aquifers are replenished from a nearby water source, such as a lake or river(as opposed to trickling down from the surface…
What is: Lateral Recharge
The sinking of ground when water has been withdrawn…
What is: Subsidence
This activity represents the greatest percentage of domestic water use…
What is: Toilet flushing
Water we use indirectly, such as water to make food or clothing is called this…
What is: Virtual water
Method of desalination that uses high pressure to send water through a microfiltration system
What is: Reverse osmosis
Wastewater from showers, washing machines, etc. can be recycled and is called this…
What is: Gray water
Least efficient method of crop irrigation…
What is: Flood irrigation (gravity flow)
Highly productive wetlands that provide natural flood and erosion control…
What are: Flood plains
Defined as the threshhold level at which an environmental problem causes and irreversible shift. . .
What is: Tipping Point
Type of pollution source that is easier to regulate…
What is: Point source
Runoff from a farm is an example of what type of pollution source? …
What is: Non point
Plant nutrients found in many fertilizers…
What are: Nitrates and phosphates
This is the measure of cloudiness of water from suspended material in it…
What is: Turbidity
Initial result of cultural eutrophication…
What is: Algal bloom
Measures acidity levels in water…
What is: p. H
Indicates presence of fecal matter in water…
What is: Coliform bacteria
Biological process in waste water treatment…
What is: Secondary treatment
Physical process of waste water treatment…
What is: Primary treatment
The only effective way to protect groundwater is to:
What are: Prevent it
Sets maximum contaminant levels for any pollutants that affect human health
What is: Safe Water Drinking Act
Name two cities that receive water from the Colorado River…
What is: L. A. , Las Vegas, San Fransisco
The majority of water pollution comes from this source. . .
What is: agriculture
The most common chemical that leaches from plastic water bottles…
What is: BPA – Bisphenol A
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Increasing concentrations of toxic chemical in the tissues of organisms at successively higher trophic levels…
What is: Biomagnification
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