Water Quality Abiotic Biotic Factors

What are abiotic factors

• Living organisms in the watershed

• Non-living organisms in a watershed

• Non living factors in the environment

• All of the above

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• The glass on the right is considered to be

• Turbid

• Salinity

• Tea

• Dissolved Oxygen

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What will most likely occur if the water remains turbid?

• Increased water temperature

• Animals and plant life will die

• Drinking water can become polluted

• Everything will remain the same

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Measure of how much oxygen is dissolved in water

• Oxygen Conten

• CO2

• Dissolved Oxygen

• H20

What is water quality?

• It describes the condition of the water

• It is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth

• It is the property of containing salt

• It is the total amount of suspended solids.

What is salinity?

• The property of containing salt

• The amount of suspended solids

• Describes the condition of the water

• Describes how acidic or basic water is

Where are nitrates and phosphates found?

• Fertilizer

• Manure

• Detergent

• All of the above

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Why are too many nutrients (like nitrates and phosphates) bad for our waters?

• Nutrients decrease the pH of the water, causing it to become increasingly acidic

• Nutrients change the salinity of the water

• Wetlands filter out runoff that may contain nutrients

• Nutrients in the water cause too much algae growth, which decrease the level of oxygen in the water

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True or False: A substance with a pH of 9 is considered basic.

• True

• False

What is pH?

• The property of containing salt

• The measure of the amount of oxygen that is dissolved in water

• The amount of suspended solids in water

• The measurement of the acidity or basicity of water