HW Week of 12.20.17 & 12.21.17
Waterwise Pages 20-25 & Pages 27-33 Questions.
Students have 3 pages to complete the week we return to school. Due January 12. You may want to complete this during vacation if you have time.
Name
Tenorio
Science Period_________
Date
Waterwise Page 20-25 & Page 27-33 Questions
1. What is a drought? |
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2. What are the 5 categories of a drought index? |
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3. How do scientist determine global climate patters today? |
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4. What is desalination? |
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5. Finish the sentence. |
Desalination plants ___________________sea water to ________________________water in many regions of the _____________________. |
6. Where is the Desalination plant in CA? |
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7. What is Osmosis? |
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8. What is Reverse Osmosis? |
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9. What does reverse osmosis remove from the Seawater? |
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10. What percent of the world’s population will receive their water from deslination by 2025? |
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11. What are the steps to use water? |
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12. What is reclaimed water? |
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13. If every household in the US installed a bathroom faucet aerator, how much would we save in energy costs? |
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14. When is the best time to water |
Outdoors? |
15. What is a water heater? |
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16. How much water would an aerator save? |
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17. Fill in the sentences. |
Run your clothes washer and dishwasher only when it is ________________________. |
18. When washing dishes by hand, |
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19. When using the hose to water your landscape, make sure you |
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20. Shorten your shower by |
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21. Turn off the water while |
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1 gallon = 4 ________________ = 8 _______________=16_____________ |
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23. 1 dripping faucet waste gallons of water.
50 homes = _________________________________________ 100,000 homes = __________________________________ 1 million homes = _________________________________ |