Water Treatment, Resources, Pollution

Select the correct term: spongelike formation of rock, sand or gravel the holds water.

• aquifer
• reservoir
• non-point source pollution
• desalination
• point source pollution

Select the correct term: water the flows over land and has not been absorbed

• runoff
• reservoir
• non-point source pollution
• desalination
• point source pollution

Select the correct term: an example is water runoff from a parking lot

• non-point source pollution
• reservoir
• desalination
• point source pollution
• aquifer

Select the correct term: the drainage basin for flowing water

• watershed
• reservoir
• non-point source pollution
• desalination
• point source pollution

Which of Earth's spheres encompasses all of Earth's water?

• the asthenosphere
• the atmosphere
• the geosphere
• the hydrosphere
• all the above

Select the best term for this image:

• condensation
• Water cycle
• perspiration
• evaporation
• precipitation

What does D represent?

• Transpiration
• Photosynthesis
• Sunlight
• Evaporation
• Condensation

The large clumps settle to the bottom of the water in large tanks.

• flocculation
• pretreatment
• coagulation
• clarification
• softening

Chlorine or UV light is added to the water to kill disease causing organisms.

• disinfection
• pretreatment
• coagulation
• flocculation
• clarification

The waste and residue are removed and the water clears up.

• clarification
• pretreatment
• coagulation
• flocculation
• softening