Unit 3: Pollution: Air, Water, Land Vocabulary

Standard: SEV2a Describe abiotic components (air, water, land, energy) that affects the atmosphere. SEV3a Describe interconnections
between abiotic and biotic factors, including normal cyclic fluctuations and changes associated with climate change. SEV3b. Students will
investigate the distribution of water on the planet and how natural processes filter the freshwater. Human consumption has led to increase in
demand for clean water and human activities such as building dams comes with a change in the environment.

EQ: How can humans impact our air and the environment

Vocabulary Term Picture Definition

water polluted from run-off rainwater that drains into
Surface water lakes, streams and rivers.

liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea.

Effluent

Groundwater water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil
and rocks layers.
a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit
Aquifer groundwater.

Ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it.

Permeability

water pollution the addition of any substance that has a negative effect on
water or the living things.

Point source pollution pollution that enters water form a known source.

Non-point source a widley spread source of pollution that is difficult to link to

pollution a specific point of origin

Waste-water water that contains waste from homes or industry

Pathogen An organism that causes diseases

Potable suitable for drinking

Dam a barrier that runs across a river or stream to control the

flow of water
Reservoir
A lake that stores water for human use.
Desalination A process of removing salt from ocean water

Leaching / Leachate the liquid that percolates to the bottom of a landfill.

 Sewage the water and human wastes that are washed down sinks,
toilets, and showers.

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