Activity Books Understanding Water Activity Book | Page 70

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Top to bottom: having fun; watering livestock; cleaning; drinking
beverages; providing water for wildlife.
Farmers and ranchers do many of the same things as urban
residents.
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We need clean water to drink.
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Answers will vary but may contain the following:
Restaurant: washing dishes; preparing food; drinking water; mak-
ing beverages; washing hands; restrooms.
Recreation Center: showers; swimming pool; to make the ice for
the rink; drinking fountains; restrooms.
Supermarket: in the produce section to keep the fruits and vegeta-
bles fresh; in the bakery to cook; in the deli to cook; for employees
to wash hands; restrooms; sell bottled water.
Car Dealer: washes cars; restrooms; to make the coffee in the
service waiting room.
Farmer: irrigation; for animals; and every way that a non-farmer
might use water: to wash dishes; prepare food; shower; laundry;
drink; etc.
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Answers will vary.
16 ounces times number of students = number of ounces of water
(per day.) This answer times 5 days = number of ounces the class
will drink in one school week.
There are 128 ounces in a gallon of water. Both the above an-
swers divided by 128 will give the gallons.
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Stories will vary.
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Bodies of water: Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Mexico; Pacific Ocean;
Lake Michigan.
Rivers: Mississippi River; Platte River; Colorado River; Missouri
River.
Rivers flow into other rivers or into the oceans. Yes.
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Coagulation = coagulate
Sedimentation = sediment
Filtration = filtrate
Disinfection = disinfect
Storage = store
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Group 1 will be easier to remove from water (coagulated paper
clips!).
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It is easier to remove larger pieces than small ones.
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Coagulation; Sedimentation; Filtration; Disinfection;
Storage.
The pond is polluted. There is litter in the water. There are bottles
and cans floating in the water. The plants are sick. The frog is
leaving the pond. Answers will vary on how we can help but will
include cleaning up the litter.
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All items will be circled.
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Answers will vary.
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The words are there. You get to have fun solving this one, too!
Some water words in the puzzle that are not on the chalkboard
include: water and sedimentation.
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Five drops will have no color.
36 drops will have all five colors (the hamburger bun has the least
amount of water of all the foods - 36%).
One drop has one color (the difference between lettuce 95% and
tomato 94% is one).
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60% is more than half.
36% is less than half.
95% is more than half.
95% is more than 50%.
Answers to water use will vary.
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Answers will vary.
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Answers will vary.
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325,851 divided by 5 = 65,170.2 gallons per person.
65,170.2 times the number of family members = answer.
Answer times 10% (.10) = number of gallons conserved.
Answer times 20% (.20) = number of gallons conserved.
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Answers will vary. See page 56 for answers most likely given by
an active water conservationist.
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Answer: Good things about conserving water: clean water,
biosolids, less pollution.
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Answers will vary.
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All items will be circled.
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