Contaminants In Water 💦

Question 1

What are the six chemical contaminants?

Answer 1

1. Salt
2. Minerals
3. Nutrients
4. Toxic chemicals
5. Acid
6. Heavy Metals

Question 2

How is Salt harmful to our water supply?

Answer 2

Killed crops or refuses yields.

Contaminated freshwater supplies making them undrinkable.

Question 3

How are minerals harmful to our water supply?

Answer 3

They aren’t

Question 4

How is nutrients harmful I water?

Answer 4

Stimulate growth of algae which decomposes, using up oxygen and harming aquatic life.

Question 5

How are toxic chemicals harmful to the water?

Answer 5

Mild immune suppression

Acute poisoning

Reproductive failure

Question 6

How is Acid harmful to our water supply?

Answer 6

Harms aquatic organisms.

Moves heavy metals from solid in to water bodies.

Damage trees.

Question 7

How are heavy metals harmful to the water supply?

Answer 7

Accumulates in thé tissues of fish and shell fish.

Toxic to animals and humans who eat them.

Question 8

What are the two biological contaminantes?

Answer 8

1. Micro organisms

2. Organic matter

Question 9

How is organic matter harmful to the water supply?

Answer 9

Uses up oxygen from the water as it decomposes, suffocating aquatic life.

Question 10

How are micro organisms harmful to the water supply?

Answer 10

Spread infectious diseases through contaminated drinking water.