| WATER BLUEPRINT 1 - 2. Describe the zones of lakes & oceans. 3. Aquifers & Artesian wells (structure, location, purpose) 4. BOD, DO, turbidity 5. Floodplains - what are they, what causes them, where are they 6. Dams - purpose, problems, effects 7. Sinkholes, subsidence, & aquifers - what causes sinkholes & subsidence? How do you prevent it? 8. Water conservation methods 9. Gray water - what is it, what can it be used for? 10. Eutrophication - what is it, what causes it, what are its effects? how can you prevent it? 11. Aquifer contamination - what is it, what causes it, how can you prevent it? 12. Wastewater treatment - primary, secondary, tertiary treatment - what do you do with what's left? 13. See #7 14 - 17. See #1. 18. See #10 19. Estuaries & wetlands- what are they, what are their purposes (ecological functions), how to preserve them 20. Oxygen - sag curve - what is it, what causes it, which organisms are found where, what are the different zones 21. See #12 22. Global Ocean Currents - what causes them, where are they, what are their effects, what types of changes might global warming create? 23. Steps of water cycle - transpiration, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, etc. 24. Riparian areas - what are they, why are they important? 25. See #6 26. Water pollution - know the different allowable levels for each pollutant & what the presence of each might indicate 27. Clean Water Act - know all of its provisions & its effects 28. See #8 29 - 32. See #12 33. nonpoint vs. point water pollution 34. BOD & DO in relation to the oxygen sag curve 35. Groundwater depletion - what causes it, what are its effects? 36. See #19 37. Methods of irrigation - benefits, disadvantages of each method 38. Lake overturn - what causes it, when does it occur, effects 39. See #1 40. Sources of freshwater for humans 41. See #1 42. See #22 43. See #1 44. See #8 45. See #12 46. See #3 47. See #6 48. Aral Sea & other water case studies 49 - 50. See #20. |