Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Social Studies Homework


Septic Tank- Septic tank is the tank that holds the dirty toilet stuffs, and where all the human waste from the toilet goes.
(Picture of Septic) (DICTIONARY WORD-
a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria. A sewage-disposal tank in which a continuous flow of waste material is decomposed by anaerobic bacteria.)


Septic tanks and wells are country things. City people use pipes, to get clean water and to send human waste to get treated by pipes too.
To learn more about septic tank, visit, http://www.aceseptictankservice.com/howdoesasepticsystemwork.nxge.com/howdoesasepticsystemwork.nxg it tells you all about Septic tanks!
























Groundwater - A scientific word for groundwater is aquifer. Groundwater is the water that's beneath the ground, the water we drink. (underground) (Beneathe mud, etc) (DICTIONARY WORD-The water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down. The source of water in springs and wells.)http://www.epa.state.oh.us/ddagw/SWEET/sweet_simulators.htmlWEET/sweet_simulators.html this is a site about groundwater. How to expiriment. http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/gwrp/saltwater/gwflow.html this site is about how groundwater flows


















Reservoir - Reservoir is a water bank. A place something that looks like a lake that holds water.
(Picture of Reservoir) Jati Lahur reservoir is the biggest reservoir in Jakarta. (DICTIONARY WORD-a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, esp. water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.)
















Vendor- Vendors are people who sell things (Water, food...etc)
(Pic of Water Vendor) (DICTIONARY WORD-someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money.)




















Abysmal- Abysmal means something that's terrible (e.x. Terrible water)
(Not much water left,,) (DICTIONARY WORD-extremely or hopelessly bad or severe)











www.btny.purdue.edu/Pubs/PPP/PPP35.html
This site is ALL ABOUT WATER. The water cycle, the process, water quality and more.




Unprocessed Water - Unprocessed water is dirty water that are not cleaned yet. Processed water is the opposite of unprocessed water, as in cleaned water.

(THIS PICTURE IS A PICTURE OF A UNPROCESSED WATER.)


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

AR, this is the best work I've seen on this assignment. What a great idea to include links to sites further explaining what the word or concept means and how it works. AR, your are techspert supreme.