Science 11.12347 Flashcards
What is concentration?
The amount of solute in a particular volume of solution
What is desalination
Any process that removes salt from water producing pure water and solid salt
What are you contaminants? How do you salt minerals, fertilizers herbicides and pesticides acid, rain and other chemicals contaminate water
Contaminants are in undesirable substance in mixtures. Contaminants in the air can dissolve into precipitation that falls to earth surface water, and groundwater, dissolve, many chemical substances as they flow into the ocean these can include salts and toxins.
What is an example of a by logic call contaminants
Micro organisms have salmonella E. coli, and Giardia. Organic matter waste from cattle.
What is turbidity?
Sediment it’s a solid matter makes water turbid or cloudy
Part two Clearwater, turbidity
Clearwater is usually better quality than turbid water
What is thermal pollution?
Increasing the temperature of water by artificial means is called thermal pollution