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Purification
Filtration
Dilstillation - boil water, trap +c condense the steam
Reverse Osmosis - filter using semi-permeable membrane
Evaporation - water cycle, tent & drop
Pollution
Ground Water - leaks from humans - eg. waste heaps
Surface Water - runoff + spills - eg. fertilization, animal waste - algae blooms
Agriculture - fertilizers/pesticides
Forestry - soil erosion + trimmings
Water Treatment - warmer - eg. sewage (London UK)
Quality
1. Hardness
2. Salinity - how much salt is in the water
3. Microbial - bacteria - eg. e.coli and eg. giardia
4. Potable - consumable safely by humans - 0.003%
Distribution: Frozen
ice caps
glaciers
Distribution: Salt
Tides - gravitational pull of moon + sun
Currents - move water & push + rotation
Waves - go up and down
Oceans - deep seas, open ocean, coast
Distribution: Fresh
3%
Lakes
Ponds
Distribution: Fresh - Moving
Streams - changing environment
Rivers - change landscape - organisms have adaptations
Geology: Climate
different climates
Geology: Water Sheds
Water shed - drainage basin for rivers & lakes
Erosion
Deposition - delta, estuary
Geology: Retreating Glaciers
Features
1. Erratic *need to know*
2. Kettle Lakes
3. Drumlins - perpendicular hills
4. Morraines - valleys between
5. Eskers - snaky hills