1. With your hosts, the Fabulous BTW Educators
Welcome to Jeopardy!

2. Category 1
Parameters

3. Category 2
Importance

4. Category 3
Source

5. Category 4
Units

6. Category 5
Limits

7. Category 6
Water Quality

8. Water Quality
Parameters
Importance
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Round 2
Final
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9. This parameter is a measure of fecal contamination.
$100
Cat 1: $100 A
This parameter is a measure of fecal contamination.

10. $100
Cat 1: $100 Q
What is fecal coliform?
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11. This parameter is a measure of cloudiness in water.
$200
Cat 1: $200 A
This parameter is a measure of cloudiness in water.

12. $200
Cat 1: $200 Q
What Is Turbidity?
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13. This parameter is a measure of Hydrogen Ions (H+).
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Cat 1: $300 A
This parameter is a measure of Hydrogen Ions (H+).

14. $300
Cat 1: $300 Q
What is pH?
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15. $400
Cat 1: $400 A
We can measure the electrical conductivity of substances present in water to measure this parameter.

16. What Are Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)?
$400
Cat 1: $400 Q
What Are Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)?
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17. $500
Cat 1: $500 A
This parameter is a measure of how much oxygen microorganisms use in aerobic oxidation of organic matter.

18. What Is Biochemical Oxygen Demand (B.O.D.)?
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Cat 1: $500 Q
What Is Biochemical Oxygen Demand (B.O.D.)?
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19. $100
Cat 2: $100 A
This parameter is one of the key factors determining what species are most likely to be naturally adapted to certain climatic regions.

20. What Is Water Temperature?
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What Is Water Temperature?
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21. $200
Cat 2: $200 A
This parameter is necessary for cellular respiration in fish and macroinvertebrates.

22. What is Dissolved Oxygen (D.O.)?
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What is Dissolved Oxygen (D.O.)?
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23. This parameter is the limiting factor for algal growth.
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This parameter is the limiting factor for algal growth.

24. $300
Cat 2: $300 Q
What Is Phosphate (PO4)?
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25. $400
Cat 2: $400 A
Raw sewage increases this parameter – a measurement taken after a 5-day incubation period.

26. What Is Biochemical Oxygen Demand (B.O.D.)?
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What Is Biochemical Oxygen Demand (B.O.D.)?
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27. $500
Cat 2: $500 A
Plants and animals need this nutrient to build proteins and nucleic acids.

28. $500
Cat 2: $500 Q
What is Nitrogen?
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29. amount of this element in water.
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Riffles increase the
amount of this element in water.

30. What Is Dissolved Oxygen (D.O.)?
$100
Cat 3: $100 Q
What Is Dissolved Oxygen (D.O.)?
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31. $200
The volume of water that moves over a designated point over a fixed period of time.

32. What Is Discharge (stream flow rate)?
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Cat 3: $200 Q
What Is Discharge (stream flow rate)?
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33. $300
Cat 3: $300 A
Soil erosion, waste discharge, urban runoff, eroding stream banks, large numbers of bottom feeders which stir up sediment, and excessive algal growth increase the value of this parameter.

34. $300
Cat 3: $300 Q
What Is Turbidity?
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35. These organisms turn water to a green color.
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These organisms turn water to a green color.

36. What are Phytoplankton or Algae?
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What are Phytoplankton or Algae?
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37. Daily
Double
Daily Double

38. $500
Algal blooms are usually the first sign of this – an accelerated natural cycle.

39. What Is Cultural Eutrophication?
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Cat 3: $500 Q
What Is Cultural Eutrophication?
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40. $100
Cat 4: $100 A
° Celsius.

41. What Is Water Temperature?
$100
Cat 4: $100 Q
What Is Water Temperature?
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42. $200
Cat 4: $200 A
Colonies/100mL.

43. $200
Cat 4: $200 Q
What Is Fecal Coliform?
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44. Jackson Turbidity Units (JTUs).
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Cat 4: $300 A
Jackson Turbidity Units (JTUs).

45. $300
Cat 4: $300 Q
What Is Turbidity?
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46. $400
Cat 4: $400 A
No unit, just a number.

47. $400
Cat 4: $400 Q
What Is pH?
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48. $500
Cat 4: $500 A
% Saturation.

49. What Is Dissolved Oxygen?
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What Is Dissolved Oxygen?
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50. Optimal range for fresh water organisms is 6.5 – 8.2.
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Optimal range for fresh water organisms is 6.5 – 8.2.

51. $100
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What Is pH?
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52. ∆ < 4 or 5 degrees over time or area.
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∆ < 4 or 5 degrees over time or area.

53. What Is Change in Water Temperature?
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What Is Change in Water Temperature?
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54. Less than 4.4 mg/L is an optimal range for this nutrient.
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Less than 4.4 mg/L is an optimal range for this nutrient.

55. $300
Cat 5: $300 Q
What Are Nitrates (NO3)?
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56. < 500 mg/L for Drinking Water.
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< 500 mg/L for Drinking Water.

57. What Are Total Dissolved Solids?
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What Are Total Dissolved Solids?
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58. 1.0 mg/L considered excellent in natural bodies of water.
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1.0 mg/L considered excellent in natural bodies of water.

59. What Are Phosphates (PO4)?
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What Are Phosphates (PO4)?
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60. $100
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This is the standard index created by the National Sanitation Foundation.

61. What Is the Water Quality Index (WQI)?
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What Is the Water Quality Index (WQI)?
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62. $200
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Drains an area of approximately 14,700 square miles with over 5 million residents.

63. What Is the Potomac River?
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What Is the Potomac River?
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64. This is the treatment center in southeast DC that processes waste.
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This is the treatment center in southeast DC that processes waste.

65. $300
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What Is Blue Plains?
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66. $400
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This President declared the Potomac River “A National Disgrace” in 1965.

67. $400
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Who Is Lyndon B. Johnson?
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This was an attempt by the federal government to achieve “fishable and swimmable” waters for all Americans.

69. What Is the Clean Water Act (1972)?
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What Is the Clean Water Act (1972)?
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70. Final Jeopardy!

71. Final Category
Who Did It?

72. The WQI (Water Quality Index) was created in 1970 by this non-profit organization headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

73. Final Jeopardy Question
What is the National Sanitation Foundation?

74. End Titles