Anticipation Guide:  Freshwater Resources

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Period ___________________________

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Instructions:  Before reading the Chapter 12, Sections 1 & 3, in your science book, read the sentences below.  Then put an A on the line to the far left of each sentence if you agree or a D if you disagree.  When you are done, you may begin to read.  While you are reading, refer back to this sheet.  When you find the information about each sentence in your book, check to see if your answer was correct.  Then write down the number of the page in which you found the information.  If your opinion was not correct, change your answer.

A or D                        Page #

______                      _______        1.   People in the United States get their water

from aquifers.

______                      _______        2.  Freshwater does not need to be treated

before drinking.

______                      _______        3.  If calcium and magnesium are found in

water the water is considered "hard".

______                      _______        4.  The first step in treating water is to add

chemicals.

______                      _______        5.  After being treated, the water is distributed

through a central pumping station or to

water towers, which use gravity.

______                      _______        6.  Once the water has been used at your

house the wastewater is called sewage.

______                      _______        7.  It is not important to treat sewage before it

goes back into the environment.

______                      _______        8.   Clear water is definitely NOT polluted!

______                      _______        9.  Water pollution can affect surface water,

ground water and rain.

______                      _______        10.   Runoff from roads and agricultural

chemicals are major sources of water

pollution.

______                      _______        11.  To clean up polluted water it is important

to kill everything in the water.

______                      _______        12.  It is extremely difficult to remove most

pollutants from water.

______                      _______        13.  Because the pollutants are hard to

remove, it is something we just have to

live with in our country.         

______                      _______        14.  Can you as a 6th grade student help to

prevent pollution?