STEM: Water

____________ is large amount of surface water that results from heavy rain or snow

• tap water

• storm water

• drinking water

____________is how healthy or safe a water sample or source is.

• water quality

• water taste

• dasani

• flooding

___________can depend on characteristics of water such as chemical or biological health (being free from chemical pollution or illness-causing bacteria).

• Water taste

• Fresh water

• Water quality

• Soil samples

Responsibilities for this career can include water monitoring and testing to protect the water sources and surrounding environment.

• Water Quality Specialist

• Water Safety Inspector

• Plumber

• Engineer

_______ is to destroy or weaken something gradually; often used to refer to a chemical reaction

related

• Explode

• Corrode

• Stain

measure of that saltiness and is expressed in parts impurity per thousand parts water

• Conductivity
• pH
• Salinity
• Turbidity

pollutants entering waterways from a general area, such as runoff from farmland or suburban communities

• Pollution
• Point Source Pollution
• Non-point Source Pollution
• Turbidity

How could pesticides get into lakes and streams?

• too much could be used
• it could be sprayed too close to a stream
• rain could wash pesticides into a stream
• all of the above

If gasoline or oil or trash goes into a storm drain in the street, it goes directly...

• to the sewage treatment plant
• into the stream
• to groundwater
• none of the above

presence of abnormally high concentrations of harmful substances in the environment, often put there by people

• Pollution
• Pollutant
• Water Quality
• Turbidity