Anticipation Guide: Freshwater Resources
Name___________________________ Date______________________
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?