Plumbing Supply Chapter 1

A(n) ___ applies to any bridge or viaduct that transports water across a hollow or valley, sometimes also called a water bridge.

• Aquaduct

• River

• Canal

• Reservoir

The first real water supply systems installed in the ___ were water distribution systems that were created primarily for firefighting.

• Stone Age

• Dark Ages

• Industrial Revolution

• Space Age

___ is the measure of relative clarity of a liquid.

• Acidity

• Turbidity

• Flocculation

• Chlorination

The generation of heat from the sun drives the hydrologic cycle by providing the energy for the evaporation of water from various water sources on the planet's surface.

• True

• False

Water fit for human consumption

• Potable

• Raw

• Service

• Surface

In 1850 Dr. John Snow discovered the cause of the London cholera epidemic was

• A cross connection between drains and water lines

• Polluted fresh water sources

• Poor food sanitation regulations

• Miasma

The aqueduct system in _____ is the longest in the world

• London

• Turkey

• California

• New Jersey

_____ was the first major city to have centralized and piped water

• Rome

• Dillenburg

• Versailles

• London

_____ Pipe is a piping material that contains organic, polymeric substances, is solid in its finished state and can be shaped by flow

• Plastic

• Cast-iron

• Wood

• Ductile iron

A water meter is a mechanical device used to measure

• Temperature

• Flow

• Pressure

• Volume