Water

Question 1

When water comes from oceans, seas, rivers, and lakes change into water vapor due to the heat of the sun

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Evaporation

Question 2

When water vapor is released from the leaves of plants also due to the heat of the sun

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Transpiration

Question 3

When water vapor turns into tiny droplets high up in the cool portion of the atmosphere, forming clouds

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Condensation

Question 4

When clouds get heavy with too much water droplets that the cloud could no longer hold together, the water falls in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail, filling up bodies of water

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Precipitation

Question 5

When ice and snow change into liquid form due to heat from the sun, they flow into lakes, rivers, and oceans as well

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Melting

Question 6

It is the storage of water underground. It is a formation of rock and soil that stores enough water and supplies wells or springs. It is part of the watershed found underground

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Aquifer

Question 7

The region or area whose runoff drains into a river, stream, lake, channel, reservoir, or ocean, or runs down through the soil. It supply water to a body of water. It is also known as a drainage basin

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Watershed

Question 8

The basic components of the watershed:

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• headwater
• watershed divide
• tributaries
• low point

Question 9

A major event related to a watersheds

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Flooding

Question 10

Substances in water that could potentially put the health of people at risk

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Contaminants

Question 11

Bacteria that do not require oxygen for growth

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Aerobic bacteria

Question 12

Germs that cause diseases

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Pathogens

Question 13

These contaminants include disease-producing microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, and parasites. They come from sewage, human and animal urine and feces

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Microbial Pathogens

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A bacterial disease usually associated with the contaminated floodwater. It comes from the urine of infected animals like rats and affects humans

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Leptospirosis

Question 15

Include pesticides, among others, can cause chronic illnesses like cancer, disorders of the central nervous system and reproductive system, liver and kidney damage, and possible birth defects

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Organics or Organic Chemicals

Question 16

Include toxic metals like lead, mercury, silver, barium, chromium, and arsenic. These can contaminate drinking water from natural sources, industrial processes and plumbing systems

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Inorganics or inorganic chemicals

Question 17

When uranium in soils and rocks “decays,” it produces radon

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Radioactive elements

Question 18

A scientist who studies about the long-term trends or patterns and history of climates of the earth

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Climatologist

Question 19

Scientist who studies the short-term weather patterns

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Meteorologists

Question 20

Includes the study of water occurrence, distribution, movement and properties, and its relationship with the environment

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Hydrology

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Strives to understand the water system of the earth and helps solve water problems in society, especially water quantity, quality and availability

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Hydrologist

Question 22

Deals with groundwater science

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Hydrogeology

Question 23

Does research on groundwater systems to determine where and how big underground water reservoirs are

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Hydrogeologist

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Studies bodies of freshwater like ponds, streams, lakes, or marsh

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Limnologist

Question 25

Deal with regional water source issues

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Watershed planners

Question 26

Develop plans for storing and transporting water from the water source to the treatment plants, and to our homes

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Engineers

Question 27

Study how potable the water is or how fit it is for drinking

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Water pollution technologists

Question 28

Help in determining current and future community needs

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Municipal planners

Question 29

This process removes dirt suspended in water. This is done by adding chemicals including alum, to form “floc”, which attract dirt particles

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Coagulation

Question 30

In this process, the heavy particles (floc) settle to the bottom of a settling basin of still water. This is a physical process using gravity to remove suspended solids from water

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Sedimentation

Question 31

In this process, water passes through filters of sand, gravel, and charcoal to remove smaller particles

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Filtration

Question 32

This process uses chemical disinfectants like chlorine to kill bacteria or other microorganisms in the water

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Disinfection

Question 33

In this last step, water is placed in a reservoir in a closed tank for storage and so that disinfection can continue to take place before releasing it through pipes to the community

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Storage

Question 34

Machines that remove the lumps that float

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Flocculators