Water pollution - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is when bodies of water contain an abundance of nutrients caused by humans.

potable

thermal pollution

artificial eutrophication

porosity

2.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is the buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain.

porosity

water pollution

wastewater

biomagnification

3.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is water waste that comes from many different sources.

biomagnification

point source pollution

nonpoint source pollution

wastewater

4.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is water waste discharge from a single source.

nonpoint source pollution

wastewater

point source pollution

pathogen

5.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is when there is an increase in the overall temperature of a body of water.

artificial eutrophication

biomagnification

wastewater

thermal pollution

6.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is the introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water that degrade water quality and adversely affect the organisms that depend on the water.

water pollution

desalination

watershed

potable

7.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is the water that contains waste from home or industry.

surface water

dam

potable

wastewater

8.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Marine debris can cause animals to:

Starve

strangle

Suffocate

all of the above.

9.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

There is nothing we can do to stop water pollution.

True

False

10.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

This law sets standards on pollutants for community water supplies.

Clean Water Act (CWA)

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Oil Pollution Act

11.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

This law regulates the discharges of pollutants into all waters that have a significant connection with navigable waterways. Also, must have a permit to dump these pollutants. Also, requires certain steps in sewage treatment.

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

Clean Water Act (CWA)

Oil Pollution Act

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

12.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Most water pollution is the result of __________________.

natural processes

animal waste

human activities

acid rain

13.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

A distinct location from which pollution is directly produced.

Point source

nonpoint source

wastewater

water pollution

14.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

A diffuse areas such as and entire framing region, a suburban community with many lawns and septic systems or storm runoff from parking lots.

Point source

nonpoint source

wastewater

water pollution

15.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Water produced by livestock operations and human activities, including human sewage from toilets and gray water from bathing and washing of clothes and dishes.

Wastewater

leach feild

septage

sludge

16.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Eutrophication is caused by

runoff of excessive fertilizer and nutrients

cleaning up waterways

using nuclear energy

using solar energy

17.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

what is 9+10

21

pie

john cena

19

18.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is the water that contains waste from home or industry.

surface water

dam

potable

wastewater

19.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is when bodies of water contain an abundance of nutrients caused by humans.

potable

thermal pollution

artificial eutrophication

porosity

20.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is the buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain.

porosity

water pollution

wastewater

biomagnification

21.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is water waste that comes from many different sources.

biomagnification

point source pollution

nonpoint source pollution

wastewater

22.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is water waste discharge from a single source.

nonpoint source pollution

wastewater

point source pollution

pathogen

23.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is water that is beneath the earth’s surface in sediment or rock formation.

watershed

water pollution

wastewater

groundwater

24.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is the fresh water on the Earth’s surface.

surface water

wastewater

groundwater

water pollution

25.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is when there is an increase in the overall temperature of a body of water.

artificial eutrophication

biomagnification

wastewater

thermal pollution

26.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

______________________ is the introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water that degrade water quality and adversely affect the organisms that depend on the water.

water pollution

desalination

watershed

potable

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Point-source pollution and non point-source pollution differ in

the kind of biological agents causing the pollution.

whether the source of pollution is agricultural or industrial.

the number of sources from which the pollution is discharged.

whether the pollutants are chemical or physical agents.

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Fertilizers are classified as which kind of water pollutant?

organic chemicals

inorganic chemicals

heavy metals

physical agents

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

One reason polluted groundwater pollution is difficult to clean is that

the location of underground storage tanks is not always known.

pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers.

runoff contaminates the water supply.

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Sources of ocean pollution include

oil spills.

direct dumping of wastewater.

activities on land.

All of the above.

31.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which Act strengthened the laws against dumping waste in U.S. waters?

Clean Water Act

Water Quality Act

Marine and Protection and Sanctuaries Act

(a) and (c)

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