Water Quality Vocabulary

3. parts per million; 1 particle for every 999,999 particles
5. water that has been freed of dissolved or suspended solids
7. parts per billion; 1 particle for every 999,999,999 particles
8. a liquid that dissolves another substance to form a solution
10. the amount of a substance that is dissolved in sa specific amount of liquid. Weaker solution has little solute in it; stron solution as a lot of solute in it.
12. to draw a conclusion, as by reasoning or evidence
13. to add more solvent to a solution. It makes a weaker solution.
14. the process of driving off gas or vapor from liquids or solids by heating and condensing to liquid products by purification or filtration
16. when substances break down into smaller particles. Sugar dissolving into water for example

1. the process of making a solution more dilute in graded steps; to dilute a solution over and over again by moving from one cup to another by adding more solvent
2. the substance that dissolves in a solvent
4. a minute portion, piece or amount; a very small bit
6. when a substance breaks down; to pass into solution
7. parts per trillion; 1 particle for every 999,999,999,999 particles
9. a mixture of substances that cannot be separated by mechanical methods such as filtration
11. the point or level at which an effect occurs
15. information that is gathered by direct observations; tends to prove or disprove; proof