8.E.1.4 Vocabulary Quiz

Potable

• something that makes water no longer suitable for use
• a single identifiable source of pollution
• Water that is safe to drink

Contaminant

• change to a solid state
• something that makes water no longer suitable for use
• pollution that comes from many sources

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Point source pollutant

• loosely clumped masses of fine particles
• pollution that comes from many sources
• a single identifiable source of pollution

Non-point source pollutant

• pollution that comes from many sources
• a single identifiable source of pollution
• process of removing something unwanted from a liquid or gas by using a filter

Filtration

• process of removing something unwanted from a liquid or gas using a filter
• natural process in which material is carried to the bottom of water and forms a solid layer
• loosely clumped masses of fine particles

Flocs

• Groups of birds
• loosely clumped masses of fine particles
• change to a solid state

Sedimentation

• the natural process in which materials are carried to the bottom of water and forms a solid layer
• the process of removing something unwanted from a liquid or gas by using a filter
• water that is safe to drink

Coagulation

• the process of removing something unwanted from a liquid or gas by using a filter
• loosely clumped masses of fine particles
• change to a solid state