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Unit 8, Chapter 24

Unit 8, Chapter 24. Integrated Science. Unit Eight: Water and the Environment. Chapter 24 Earth's Water Systems. 24.1 The Water Cycle 24.2 Water Quality 24.3 Acid Rain 24.4 Oceans. Chapter 24 Learning Goals.

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Unit 8, Chapter 24

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  1. Unit 8, Chapter 24 Integrated Science

  2. Unit Eight: Water and the Environment Chapter 24 Earth's Water Systems • 24.1 The Water Cycle • 24.2 Water Quality • 24.3 Acid Rain • 24.4 Oceans

  3. Chapter 24 Learning Goals • Describe the set of process through which water is continuously recycled on Earth. • Describe how water quality is analyzed. • Understand the cause of acid rain. • Understand the environmental effects of acid rain. • Demonstrate the effect of acid on a natural ecosystem. • Explain how the oceans were formed. • Describe the composition of seawater. • Explain how the oceans remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. • Discuss how toxic pollutants travel through marine food chains.

  4. precipitation producer reservoir salinity surface runoff surface water transpiration water cycle watershed Chapter 24 Vocabulary Terms • acid rain • aquifer • carnivore • condensation • evaporation • food chain • groundwater • herbivore • hydrosphere

  5. 24.1 The Water Cycle • The amount of water on Earth is about the same as it was during the age of the dinosaurs, 65 to 220 million years ago. • With about 70 percent of its surface covered with water, Earth is truly a water planet.

  6. 24.1 The Water Cycle • Of the total amount of water on Earth, less than 1 percent is available for our consumption. • Most is too salty or frozen as ice at the poles.

  7. 24.1 The Water Cycle • The four main processes of the water cycle are: • evaporation • transpiration • condensation • precipitation

  8. 24.1 The Water Cycle • Aquifers contain groundwater. • Groundwater that is not collected for our use will continue to flow through sediments and eventually enter the ocean, thus continuing the water cycle.

  9. 24.1 Water Shed • A watershed is an area of land that catches all rain and snow and collects it one place like a river.

  10. Key Question: What is the quality of your local surface water? 24.1 The Water Cycle *Read text section 24.1 BEFORE Investigation 24.1

  11. 24.2 Water Quality • Standards are used to judge water quality. • Water that meets these standards is safe for drinking, cooking, and other household activities.

  12. 24.2 Tap Water • The variety and amount of ions in your tap water give it a certain taste.

  13. 24.2 What's in your tap water?

  14. 24.2 Water Quality Testing • Tests that are performed: • Water temperature • Dissolved oxygen test • Biological oxygen demand test • Turbidity test • Nitrate test • Phosphate test • pH test

  15. Key Question: What is the quality of your tap water ? 24.2 Water Quality *Read text section 24.2 BEFORE Investigation 24.2

  16. 24.3 Acid Rain • Any rain, snow, or fog that has a pH lower than 5.6 is called acid rain or acid precipitation.

  17. 24.3 Acid Rain • Acid rain is harmful to natural environments because most life and life processes function in nearly neutral environments. • Acid rain reduces the amount of calcium in the soil.

  18. 24.3 Catalytic converter • A catalytic converter is a device that converts nitrogen oxide to nitrogen gas (N2) and oxygen (O2) before these emissions enter the atmosphere.

  19. Key Question: What is acid rain? 24.3 Acid Rain *Read text section 24.3 BEFORE Investigation 24.3

  20. Oceans are part of the water layer of Earth’s surface, called the hydrosphere. This layer covers much of its surface. 24.4 Oceans

  21. 24.4 Oceans • Earth has five major oceans.

  22. 24.4 Six main ions in seawater • In addition, there are more than 70 additional trace elements that make seawater a very complex solution.

  23. 24.4 Salinity • The term salinity describes the “saltiness” of seawater. • Salinity describes how much salt is dissolved in one kilogram of water.

  24. Salinity remains constant. • The salinity of the oceans has remained relatively constant for 600 million years because physical and chemical processes create a balance.

  25. 24.4 Carbon dioxide in the oceans • Calcium carbonate buffers the ocean. • More CO2 in the atmosphere could mean a more acidic ocean.

  26. Energy and the Food Chain • A food chain is a series of steps through which energy and nutrients are transferred, from organism to organism, in an ecosystem. • Producers are plants and one-celled organisms that concentrate energy from the sun through photosynthesis. • Herbivores feed on producers. • Many carnivores, the next step on a food chain, feed on herbivores.

  27. 24.4 Energy loss in a food pyramid • A food chain can be represented as a pyramid, with producers forming the base, herbivores next, and carnivores at the top. • This arrangement represents how energy is lost in the food chain. • Decomposers recycle materials back to the food chain.

  28. 24.4 Toxins in pyramids • As producers store energy, they also absorb small amounts of toxic pollutants in the water. • Next, herbivores eat large numbers of producers to obtain enough energy. • Top carnivores, who prey on other carnivores, can accumulate dangerous levels of toxic pollutants.

  29. Key Question: How does carbon dioxide affect oceans? ? ? ? ? 24.4 Oceans *Read text section 24.4 BEFORE Investigation 24.4

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