Water Pollution Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. Cycle The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
  2. 7. pollution The process where too many nutrients mainly nitrogen and phosphorus are added to bodies of water and can act like fertilizer causing excessive growth of algae.
  3. 9. coli bacteria that contaminate food or water and cause bloody diarrhea
  4. 10. water treatment the process of improving the quality of waste water (sewage) to the point that it can be released into a body of water without seriously disrupting the aquatic environment causing health problems in humans or causing nuisance conditions
  5. 12. An increased concentration of a chemical within an organism over time
  6. 15. Water Treatment pre-use purification of water that occurs at a filtration and treatment plant
  7. 16. The increase in chemical concentration in animal tissues as the chemical moves up the food chain
  8. 18. "Potential of Hydrogen" is a logarithmic scale from 0 to 14 that measures the acidity or alkalinity of an liquid solution
  9. 21. water pollution Waste heat generated and put into waterways from power generation and cooling equipment for factories in their manufacturing process
Down
  1. 1. pollution Excessive amounts of soil particles that enter the water as a result of erosion
  2. 3. water pollution Anything dumped/sprayed on the surface or buried in the ground has the potential to pollute ground water
  3. 4. Water Pollution bacteria and viruses in the water
  4. 5. Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
  5. 6. source pollution pollution that enters a body of water from a specific source
  6. 8. A measure of how clear water is.
  7. 11. chemical pollution occurs when harmful chemicals are released into waterways
  8. 13. A microorganism that infects the digestive system. The most common water born disease
  9. 14. A microorganism that infects the digestive system. The most common water born disease
  10. 17. Source Pollution pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single specific site
  11. 19. The use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future.
  12. 20. Filtration The process of cleaning water by running it through different layers of rocks and chemicals