Physical and Biological Indicators of Water Quality

Definition: Water pure enough to drink

• Solubility

• Portability

• Potability

• Permeability

Definition: cloudiness of water

• Acidity

• Hardness

• Turbidity

• Polarity

Definition: pH less than 7

• Alkaline

• Acidic

• Basic

• Neutral

Definition: Phosphorous-based nutrients commonly found in fertilizers and pesticides.

• Carbonates

• Sulfates

• Sulfides

• Phosphates

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Definition: Water that is safe to drink.

• Transportable Water

• Potable Water

• Non-potable Water

• Blackwater

Definition: Legislation that supports the 'protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and recreation in and on the water' by maintaining and, when necessary, restoring the chemical, physical, and biological properties of surface waters.

• Solid Waste Disposal Act

• Clean Air Act

• Clean Water Act

• Superfund Act

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Definition: The US federal agency with a mission to protect human health and the environment.

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Occupational safety and health administration (osha)

• National fire protection association (nfpa)

• U.s. department of agriculture (usda)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Definition: Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.

• Infiltration

• Nitrification

• Denitrification

• Eutrophication

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Definition: The amount of salt in water.

• Temperature

• Precipitation

• Salinity

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Definition: Organisms living in water that indicate the quality of the water.

• Bioilluminators

• Bioindicators

• Parasitic

• Eutrophicators