https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution Made with the best of intentions en-us 2016-11-09 01:57:19 UTC 2026-03-17 20:34:33 UTC hello@padlet.com yhicks https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282574 Watch Me!!]]> 2016-11-09 01:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282574 yhicks https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282661 People are polluting our water. Businesses and cities dump chemicals and waste products into our rivers, lakes and oceans. People throw trash–furniture, garbage, old tires, cars, old fencing, anything they can think of–into the water. 

]]> 2016-11-09 02:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282661 yhicks https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282694 People also pollute the water by accident, by allowing their cars to leak oil and gas onto the ground. That oil and gas eventually washes into the water during rain storms and when people clean their driveways off with water.

]]> 2016-11-09 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282694 yhicks https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282728 The acid rain caused by pollution poisons water on the surface of the earth. Beneath the earth are layers of dirt and rock that act as containers for water. We call them aquifers.]]> 2016-11-09 02:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282728 yhicks https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282859 Water pollution is when waste, chemicals, or other particles cause a body of water (i.e. rivers, oceans, lakes) to become harmful to the fish and animals that need the water to survive. Water pollution can disrupt and negatively impact nature's water cycle as well.

]]> 2016-11-09 02:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282859 yhicks https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282924 Sometimes water pollution can occur through natural causes like volcanoes, algae blooms, animal waste, and silt from storms and floods.

]]> 2016-11-09 02:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282924 yhicks https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282980 A lot of water pollution comes from human activity. Some human causes include sewage, pesticides and fertilizers from farms, waste water and chemicals from factories, silt from construction sites, and trash from people littering.

]]> 2016-11-09 02:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136282980 yhicks https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136283054 Pollution in the water can reach a point where there isn't enough oxygen in the water for the fish to breathe. The fish can actually suffocate!

]]> 2016-11-09 02:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136283054 yhicks https://padlet.com/yhicks/waterpollution/wish/136283088 Sewage can also cause major problems in rivers. Bacteria in the water will use oxygen to break down the sewage. If there is too much sewage, the bacteria could use up so much oxygen that there won't be enough left for the fish. Water pollution from major events like acid rain or oil spills can completely destroy marine habitats.

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