Quiz

Question 1

What is the water cycle?

Answer 1

a continuous pattern in nature in which water moves as it changes state above, on, and below the surface of the earth

Question 2

What is the scientific definition of melting?

Answer 2

the change of state from a solid to liquid; occurs when a solid gains thermal energy

Question 3

What is sublimation?

Answer 3

the change of state from a solid to a gas without first becoming a liquid; occurs when a solid gains thermal energy

Question 4

What is evaporation?

Answer 4

the change of state from a liquid to a gas; occurs when a liquid gains thermal energy

Question 5

What is condensation?

Answer 5

the change of state from a gas to a liquid; occurs when a gas loses thermal energy

Question 6

What is deposition?

Answer 6

the change of state from gas to solid; occurs when a gas loses thermal energy

Question 7

What is the scientific definition of freezing

Answer 7

the change of state from a liquid to a solid; occurs when a liquid loses thermal energy

Question 8

What is thermal energy?

Answer 8

the energy that is generated and measured by heat. An example of thermal energy is the kinetic energy of an atom or the chemical energy in a molecule

Question 9

What is runoff?

Answer 9

water from precipitation and snowmelt that flows over earths surface

Question 10

What is ground water?

Answer 10

water that seeps through soil and cracks in rock; source of water for underground springs and wells

Question 11

What is aquifer?

Answer 11

a geological formation of loose rock or soil that is saturated with ground water

Question 12

What is Water table?

Answer 12

the depth at which loose rock and soil below earths surface are saturated with water; the upper boundary of an aquifer

Question 13

What is precipitation?

Answer 13

solid to liquid water that falls to earths surface

Question 14

What is a polar ice sheet?

Answer 14

a frozen field of ice covering either the north pole or the south pole

Question 15

What is an ice cap?

Answer 15

a large area of ice that permanently covers land

Question 16

What is a glacier?

Answer 16

a river of ice, formed from snow accumulated over hundreds of years, that moves slowly downhill under the force of gravity

Question 17

What is the definition of water treatment?

Answer 17

the process of removing potentially dangerous substances from water to make it more acceptable for a desired end-use

Question 18

What is floc?

Answer 18

sticky clumps formed from the reaction of alum in water, combined with sand and other waste solids

Question 19

What is sustainability?

Answer 19

being able to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Question 20

What are water particles made up of?

Answer 20

one oxygen particle and two hydrogen particles joined together

Question 21

What are the 3 states of water?

Answer 21

Solid, Liquid, Gas

Question 22

What are the six changes of state?

Answer 22

1. Melting
2. Sublimation
3. Evaporation
4. Freezing
5. Condensation
6. Deposition

Question 23

What are some alternative treatment options for cleaning water?

Answer 23

Reverse Osmosis
Ultraviolet Radiation
Boiling

Question 24

What are the 8 stages of water treatment in order?

Answer 24

Intake, addition of chemicals, coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, Filtration, disinfection, storage, your street/neighbourhood