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Sewage and the City

Q: 1.  Describe the evolution of NYC's sewage system.  What were some of the challenges that the city faced in its development of a waste removal system?  What are some challenges that still remain?

Ans: 1.

Q: 2.  What positive impacts does the NYC sanitation system have on the bodies of water surrounding the city?  What threats does the sanitation system pose to the surrounding waters?

Ans: 2.

Q: 3.  In clear steps with many details, describe the life of your poop after you flush.

Ans: 3.

Hydrosphere <-> Metropolis

 Q: In what ways did New York City's location (surrounded by water!) allow it to become a major urban center of the world?  Include in your response the different roles that water played in New York's development throughout history.

Visual Anthology of Poems

Thunderstorm

 

Rooooar! Iam a thunderstorm hear me roar!Boo! Boo! Haha I scared youThunder,lightning, really hard rains;This is what i do.I make you scared,I make you weap,and I like to flood your street.When the wind is blowin',it blows really strong, but het don't be scared for long, because te sun's coming out. Now all the rain is gone. Yea! Thunderstorm over!

Camping

 

Croton Aqueduct

Q:1.What is an aqueduct? What makes the Croton Aqueduct an aqueduct?

Ans:.1. An aqueduct is a type of sturcture that carries water from a source and then brings it to New York City where ther water could be used in homes and stuff like that.What makes the Croton Aqueduct an aqueduct is that the water inside the aqueduct comes from a reservoir and brings it to homes and offices in New York City. 

Q:2.Why was the Croton Aqueduct built? What need was it constructed to fulfill?

What's YOUR Water Footprint?

Q:1.  Using your water log (and average water use from the days you logged), calculate what your average water use per year might be. 

Ans:1.My average weater use per year might be an estimate of 99,280 Liters per year.

Water Cycle & Acids, bases using pH

Water Cycle:

Q:1. Why is the water cycle an important factor in one of the earth's process?

Ans:1.The water cycle is an important factor in one of the earth's process because it keeps the water on our planet clean so that we can drink it and live.

Q:2.How does percipitation, condensation and evaportation play a role in the cycle?

Explaining Cohesion and Adhesion

Q.1. How can we obesrve the coesion and adhesion of water?

A.1. We can observe cohesion and adhesion of the water by looking at how the water sticks and builds up on a object and compare it to other liquids (that are not as choseive and adhesive as water) and see the differences.

Q.2. How did we model water molecules in class, can people use it to understand the behavior of water molecules?

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