Water Quality

Station #1: Dissolved Oxygen

1. What is dissolved oxygen?
2. Does water want to be high dissolved oxygen or low?
3. As water temperature increases, dissolved oxygen ____________.
4. Why would fish prefer cold water?
5. Other than temperature, what can also decrease oxygen?

Station #2: pH Levels

1. What is pH?
2. What pH is a sign of an unhealthy water system?
3. How would water get a low pH? A high pH?
4. What is the acceptable level for water pH?

Station #3: Bio Indicators

1. What are bio Indicators?
2. What does the presence of bio indicators in a lake show?
3. When do you THINK having too much algae is bad? When is too
much algae good?

Station #4: Turbidity

1. What is turbidity?
2. High turbidity is unhealthy. How does water get high turbidity?
3. What are some problems with high turbidity? (3 Reasons)

Station #5: Temperature

1. Having a lot of oxygen in water is good. Which temperature of water
has high dissolved oxygen?
2. What are 2 ways water temperature changes?