Unit 5 Vocabulary

Water that is drinkable is called ________________.

• Portable

• Potable

• Drinkable

• Useable

Waste matter introduced into water and is harmful to organisms that live in it or drink it is called ____________

• Waste pollution

• Eutrophication

• Undrinkable

• Water Pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

An artificial body of water that usually forms behind a dam

• Reservoir

• Pool

• Restaurant

• Aquifer

pollution that come from a SPECIFIC site is called ______

• Specific

• Water

• Point-Source

• NonPoint-Source

The process by which human activity damages the land to the point it can no longer support the ecosystem.

• Land Degradation

• Land Destroyed

• Land Dried

• Land Upgrade

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Pollution that comes from MANY sources

• Chemical

• Point-Source

• Nonpoint-Source

• Mechanical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

a temperature increase in a body of water that is cause by human activity & is harmful to the water quality.

• Water Pollution

• Hot Pollution

• Chemical Pollution

• Thermal Pollution

The process by which human activity or climate change make arid or semi arid areas more desert like.

• Drained

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Destroyed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Cloudiness in water is called

• Potable

• Temperature

• Turbidity

• pH

The removal of trees 🌲 & other vegetation from an area.

• Deforestation

• Desertification

• Tree Removal

• Geothermal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4