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Unit 7 Water

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Federal Water Pollution Control Act was created in the year:   1948  
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Federal Water Pollution Control Act was revised in 1972 to become:   Clean Water Act  
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The Safe Drinking Water Act was created in:   1974  
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How many drinking water contaminants did the Safe Drinking Water Act identify?   33  
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The Wellhead Protection Programs were established in:   1992  
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What did the Wellhead Protection Program do?   established guidelines for digging wells.  
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What is used in tertiary water treatment to clean the dirty water?   charcoal  
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Ozone is used to "oxidize" contaminants. What does "oxidize" mean?   an oxygen attaches to contaminant and neutralizes it.  
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The solids that settle to the bottom of settling ponds in primary & secondary water treatment:   sludge  
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Why is water in settling ponds smelly?   it has a HUGE BOD (very little oxygen)  
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List 3 ways sludge is disposed of:   1) fertilizer 2) dumped in ocean 3) burned  
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In step 4 of water treatment, flocs are formed. What are flocs?   tiny, sticky particles that attract contaminant and sink to bottom of pond.  
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when water is aerated, what does that mean?   air is blown into water tank to form flocs.  
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this chemical is added to treated water to strengthen teeth.   fluorine  
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this chemical is used in water treatment to kill any remaining bacterial   chlorine (some places use ozone (O3)  
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It's estimated that ___% of underground storage tanks leak   25  
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A high BOD value means:   LOW oxygen in the body of water; unhealthy  
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A pond is very healthy and has lots of plants and fish species. Is the BOD high or low?   LOW  
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Toxic chemical in gasoline that makes it deadly.   benzene  
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What is eutrophication?   excessive algae growth in a body of water.  
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What is the main cause of eutrophication?   an overload of PHOSPHORUS  
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List 3 human ways water is contaminated:   fertilizer & pesticide runoff; factory point pollution; leaking underground storage tanks  
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pollution coming directly from a pipe into a waterway.   point pollution  
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What is hard water?   water with tons of minerals in it such as calcium and potassium.  
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How is water made less pure NATURALLY?   minerals in rock  
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upper surface of groundwater that rises and falls dependin on the amount of rain.   watertable  
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the place underground where groundwater is held:   aquifer  
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Define watershed:   land area that drains into a body of water.  
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Define overdraft:   when more water is taken out of an aquifer than is put back in.  
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Define recharge zone:   the place on earth where water seeps into ground.  
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Where water seeps out of ground, also called a spring:   discharge zone  
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____% of Americans get their water from public water plants.   85  
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List the 3 main uses of water in the US AND the percentages!   1) agriculture(51%) 2) industrial(38%) 3) domestic (10%)  
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What percent of the human body is made of water?   65%  
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What are the 4 parts of the water cycle?   evaporation, precipitation, transpiration, and runoff  
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the # 1 domestic use of water?   flushing toilet  
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The industry that uses the most water:   mining  
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