Vocabulary/Ideas/Concepts in the Water Filter Project Online Crossword
     
Number
Vocabulary
Meaning/Context/Concept
     
1 Acid Turns pH paper red
2 Acidic Orange juice
3 Area The rate of evaporation increases with increased . . .
4 Backwash Forcing water bottom-up through the filter
5 Bacteria A contaminant in water
6 Base Turns pH paper green
7 Baseline A reservoir that supplies water to the Water Treatment Plant at Lafayette
8 Basic Household cleaners are . . .
9 Beakers Can measure volume
10 Biological A major hazardous material
11 Bottom Clean water exits the filter here
12 Carbon Adsorbs impurities
13 Chemical A major hazardous material
14 Chlorine Kills bacteria and viruses
15 Circuit Can help check conductivity
16 Condense Eventhough water evaporates, it will eventually . . .
17 Conductivity Measures current carrying ability
18 Constraint Design consideration
19 Contaminant An impurity or pollutant
20 Contaminated When dead animals are floating on a reservoir, you know the water is . . .
21 Cotton Removes larger particles and debris
22 Cryptosporidium Unicellular parasite
23 Density Mass per unit volume
24 Desalination A process of removing water from salt
25 Distillation A common method of desalinating water
26 Dust particles Promotes condensation
27 Energy A major drawback with water desalination
28 Evaporation The movement of water from the oceans to the atmosphere
29 Evapo-transpiration The movement of water from the plants to the atmosphere
30 Feedback Controlling and improving systems by testing
31 Flow rate Measures output volume per unit time
32 Gallon A unit that measures volume
33 Giardia A parasite that can cause diarrhea
34 Goosehaven A backup reservoir for the Lafayette Water Treatment Plant
35 Graduated cylinder Measures volume
36 Gravel Can remove particulate impurities
37 Gravity Water is filtered in treatment plants using this flow
38 Haz-mat team A good plan of action in the event of contamination in a water reservoir
39 Humidity Decreases the rate the evaporation
40 Hundredth Of the 70% of the water available on Earth, the available fresh water is only one . . of 1%
41 Input Problem
42 Laser Can check turbidity
43 Liter Unit that measures volume
44 MGD Million gallons per day - typical flow rate in water treatment plants
45 Micrometer The scientific description of a micron
46 Microns Approximately one two-hundreths of human hair
47 Milliliter Unit that measures small volumes
48 Nuclear A major hazardous material
49 Output Achieving goals
50 pH A measure of acidity
51 Porosity A property of cotton used for designing filters
52 PPB Parts per billion - allowable amounts of contaminants
53 Precipitation The movement of water from the atmosphere to Earth
54 Reverse Osmosis A common method to desalinate water
55 Second Unit of time
56 Seven The pH of pure water
57 Stop watch Measures time
58 Sun Driver of the hydrologic cycle
59 System Input, output and process (interactions)
60 Temperature The rate of evaporation increases with increased . . .
61 Three The pH of Coke/Pepsi
62 Top Dirty water enters the filter in a treatment plant here
63 Trade-off Losing something to gain something else
64 Turbidity Measure of haziness
65 Ultraviolet Radiation that could be used to disinfect water
66 Virus A contaminant in water
67 Waneka A backup reservoir for the Lafayette Water Treatment Plant