WATER - Human Impact - Portland Water District Lessons

Determining healthy water needs to consider which two components

• flowing water

• suitable for aquatic life

• safe for human use and consumption

• cold water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

______________ microscopic plant-like organisms that make their own food using photosynthesis

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• algal blooms

• algae

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Plants use carbon dioxide and sunlight to make their own food and ________________ for other organisms to breathe. This is important because healthy water needs it.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The amount of dissolved oxygen for healthy water is...

• high

• low

• no

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The amount of harmful bacteria you want to have healthy water is...

• high

• low

• no

The number 1 pollutant in the state of Maine is ____________.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

To have healthy water you want the temperature to be ____________.

• High

• Low

• No

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

To have healthy water you want ________________ clarity.

• High

• Low

• No

Pollution that has no known source of where it comes from.

• Point Source Pollution

• Rain Barrels

• Nonpoint Source Pollution

• Rain Gardens

Pollution that has an identifiable source

• Point Source Pollution

• Rain Barrels

• Nonpoint Source Pollution

• Rain Garden