Water Quality

Describes the chemical, physical and biological attributes of water as it is fit for drinking, fishing, swimming, farming, etc

• Water Quality
• Water Sheds
• Dissolved oxygen
• nitrates

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

High turbidity means.....

• very clear water
• neutral pH
• very murky or cloudy water
• high nitrates

If water temperature goes UP, what happens to the level of Dissolved oxygen?

• It goes up
• It goes down

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which glass contains water with high turbidity?

• Glass 1

• Glass 2

Which best describes the characteristics of a river basin?

• the land drained by a river and its tributaries

• the land formed when rivers create estuaries and marshes

• the land at the mouth of a river where water flows into the ocean

• the land formed as a result of a river flooding

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which best determines the health of a lake used as a source of fresh drinking water?

• its depth and width

• its temperature and dissolved oxygen

• its location and depth

• its temperature and depth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When water turns to vapor and rises into the atmosphere its called:

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which represents the distribution of water on Earth?

• 3% freshwater, 97% salt water
• 97% freshwater, 3% salt water
• 71% freshwater, 29% salt water
• 29% freshwater, 71% salt water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where is most of the freshwater found on Earth?

• lakes
• glaciers
• oceans
• rivers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Most of the Earth's water is in

• salty oceans
• freshwater lakes
• freshwater ponds
• glaciers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4