Water Quality Indicators Vocabulary

Water Quality Indicators Vocabulary

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Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-1, MS-PS1-2

+8

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Secchi disk

Back

An opaque disk, typically white, used to gauge the transparency of water by measuring the depth (Secchi depth) at which the disk ceases to be visible from the surface.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Temperature

Back

The degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Phosphates

Back

A salt or ester of phosphoric acid, containing PO43− or a related anion or a group such as —OPO(OH)2.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Dissolved Oxygen

Back

The amount of gaseous oxygen (O2) dissolved in the water.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

pH

Back

A logarithmic scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Nitrates

Back

A salt or ester of nitric acid, containing the anion NO3− or the group —NO3.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Turbidity

Back

A measure of the degree to which the water loses its transparency due to the presence of suspended particulates.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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