Grade 7/8 FLUIDS

JEOPARDY

THIS IS . . . . . . .

JEOPARDY

Type of water with a concentration of dissolved salt averaging 3.5%.

What is salt water.

A large facility at which wastewater, brought to the facility from a large area (ie. a city) through pipes, is cleaned of

contaminants and pollutants using physical, biological, or chemical

procedures.

What is a wastewater treatment plant.

Type of water with less than one percent dissolved salt.

What is fresh water.

Area where water fills all the air spaces in the soil and in the tiny cracks in the

rock.

What is the groundwater zone.

Upper surface of the groundwater zone.

What is the water table.

A tank in which wastewater from all indoor sources such as toilets, sinks,

and bathtubs enter.

What is a septic tank.

The technique of using plants as environmental clean-up remedies.

What is phytoremediation.

A long, hollow shaft drilled down into an aquifer to obtain fresh water.

What is a well.

Presenting facts about an issue in a fair and unbiased way.

What is impartial.

A mass of ice and overlying snow that moves slowly down the mountain

slope under the influence of gravity.

What is a glacier.

Fresh water that is safe and suitable for drinking, free of

harmful microorganisms, and does not have an unpleasant taste, smell, or appearance.

What is potable water.

A large section of an ice shelf that has broken off and is floating free in the

water.

What is an iceberg.

The process of water evaporation from plant leaves.

What is transpiration.

A term sometimes used to refer to the big ice masses at the poles.

What is a polar ice cap.

Describes the continuous movement of water on, above, or

below the surface of the Earth.

What is the water cycle.or

What is the hydrologic cycle.

An area of land where all the water eventually drains into one main water body, such as a stream, river, wetland,

lake, or ocean.

What is a watershed.

The ability of a material to absorb heat.

What is heat capacity.

An area with a small localized climate variation that differs from the larger

climate area around it.

What is a microclimate.

A time period of global warming during which Earth’s temperatures

increase, and ice sheets and glaciers begin to disappear.

What is an interglacial period.

A process by which thermal radiation from the surface of the earth is

absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and is re-radiated in all

directions.

What is the greenhouse effect.

Because ice floats, when an ice sheet reaches the ocean, the ice may float on

the water.

What is an ice shelf.

To refill.

What is recharge.

A chemical used to disinfect (or kill organisms in) water.

What is chlorine.

A particularly large glacier that covers the land.

What is an ice sheet.

To release or pour out.

What is discharge.

Contents that are harmful to humans, other animals, and the environment.

What are contaminants.

An underground freshwater reservoir.

What is an aquifer.

Refers to water that has been used for a purpose and is returned down

a drain.

What is wastewater.

A self-contained wastewater treatment facility.

What is a septic system.

A time period of global cooling during which Earth’s temperatures decline,

and ice begins to accumulate.

What is a glacial period.

Taking action to manage, maintain, and enhance the health of the environment

for current and future generations.

What is environmental stewardship.

The ability of something to exist or be used at the same level for a long

period of time without being damaged, harmed, or reduced for future use.

What is sustainability.

An obvious opinion about an issue.

What is a bias.

The technique of using living organisms to clean up contamination in land and

water.

What is bioremediation.

The process of removing salt from water.

What is desalination.

Refers to the amount of dissolved salts in water.

What are salinity.