This game follows the ‘Raising Your Water IQ’ conservation curriculum.

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Click to begin.Game prepared by Whitney Milberger

Whitney.Milberger@twdb.state.tx.us

May 2008

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Water CycleOur House

We use the most water in this

room.

What is the bathroom?

You can conserve water by using a trash can in the

restroom instead of this.

What is the toilet?

A bath uses 3 times as much

water than this.

What is a 5 minute shower?

This device uses 1.2-1.6 gallons of water each time.

What is a high efficiency toilet?

You can save 3 ½ gallons of water by turning the faucet off every time you

do this!

What is brushing your teeth?

An underground layer of rock and sand that contains

water.

What is an aquifer?

Pollution from a single identifiable

source.

What is point source pollution?

The ability of a material to allow the passage of a liquid,

such as water through rocks.

What is permeability?

A series of processes that

physically removes particles from

water.

What is filtration?

The region of land whose water drains into a river, lake,

sea, or ocean.

What is a watershed?

The excess water that flows across the land picking up pollutants on its way to streams

and rivers.

What is run off?

The process of a gas or vapor changing to a liquid form.

What is condensation?

The process by which plants lose

water.

What is transpiration?

The change in state of water from a liquid to a gas.

What is evaporation?

Water naturally stored below the

surface of the earth, supplying wells and

springs.

What is groundwater?

We should use this instead of a water hose to clean our

porches.

What is a broom?

An extended period

without rain.

What is a drought?

The pollution that cannot be traced

to a single, identifiable source.

What is non-point source pollution?

The movement of water from the atmosphere to

the earth and back through precipitation,

run off, infiltration, percolation, storage,

evaporation, and transpiration.

What is the hydrologic cycle?

A community of interdependent

organisms living together in an environment.

What is an ecosystem?

The wearing down or washing away of

the soil and land surface.

What is erosion?

The removal of dissolved salts from

seawater.

What is desalination?

The care, preservation,

protection, and wise use of natural

resources.

What is conservation?

To remove all contaminants from

a substance.

What is purification?

Substances that help plants and

animals to grow.

What are nutrients?

Make your wager

To ensure adequate water

supplies for today and for the future.

Why should we conserve water?