Water pollution
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  • Question 1
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is when bodies of water contain an abundance of nutrients caused by humans.
    answer choices
    potable
    thermal pollution
    artificial eutrophication
    porosity
  • Question 2
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is the buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain.
    answer choices
    porosity
    water pollution
    wastewater
    biomagnification
  • Question 3
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is water waste that comes from many different sources.
    answer choices
    biomagnification
    point source pollution
    nonpoint source pollution
    wastewater
  • Question 4
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is water waste discharge from a single source.
    answer choices
    nonpoint source pollution
    wastewater
    point source pollution
    pathogen
  • Question 5
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is when there is an increase in the overall temperature of a body of water.
    answer choices
    artificial eutrophication
    biomagnification
    wastewater
    thermal pollution
  • Question 6
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ 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.
    answer choices
    water pollution
    desalination
    watershed
    potable
  • Question 7
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is the water that contains waste from home or industry.
    answer choices
    surface water
    dam
    potable
    wastewater
  • Question 8
    20 seconds
    Q.

    Marine debris can cause animals to:

    answer choices

    Starve

    strangle

    Suffocate

    all of the above.

  • Question 9
    20 seconds
    Q.

    There is nothing we can do to stop water pollution.

    answer choices

    True

    False

  • Question 10
    20 seconds
    Q. This law sets standards on pollutants for community water supplies.
    answer choices
    Clean Water Act (CWA)
    Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
    National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
    Oil Pollution Act
  • Question 11
    20 seconds
    Q. 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. 
    answer choices
    Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
    Clean Water Act (CWA)
    Oil Pollution Act
    National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
  • Question 12
    20 seconds
    Q. Most water pollution is the result of __________________.
    answer choices
    natural processes
    animal waste
    human activities
    acid rain
  • Question 13
    20 seconds
    Q. A distinct location from which pollution is directly produced.
    answer choices
    Point source
    nonpoint source
    wastewater
    water pollution
  • Question 14
    20 seconds
    Q. A diffuse areas such as and entire framing region, a suburban community with many lawns and septic systems or storm runoff from parking lots.
    answer choices
    Point source
    nonpoint source
    wastewater
    water pollution
  • Question 15
    20 seconds
    Q. Water produced by livestock operations and human activities, including human sewage from toilets and gray water from bathing and washing of clothes and dishes.
    answer choices
    Wastewater
    leach feild
    septage
    sludge 
  • Question 16
    20 seconds
    Q. Eutrophication is caused by
    answer choices
    runoff of excessive fertilizer and nutrients
    cleaning up waterways
    using nuclear energy
    using solar energy
  • Question 17
    10 seconds
    Q. what is 9+10
    answer choices
    21
    pie
    john cena
    19
  • Question 18
    20 seconds
    Q.

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

    answer choices

    surface water

    dam

    potable

    wastewater

  • Question 19
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is when bodies of water contain an abundance of nutrients caused by humans.
    answer choices
    potable
    thermal pollution
    artificial eutrophication
    porosity
  • Question 20
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is the buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain.
    answer choices
    porosity
    water pollution
    wastewater
    biomagnification
  • Question 21
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is water waste that comes from many different sources.
    answer choices
    biomagnification
    point source pollution
    nonpoint source pollution
    wastewater
  • Question 22
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is water waste discharge from a single source.
    answer choices
    nonpoint source pollution
    wastewater
    point source pollution
    pathogen
  • Question 23
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is water that is beneath the earth’s surface in sediment or rock formation.
    answer choices
    watershed
    water pollution
    wastewater
    groundwater
  • Question 24
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is the fresh water on the Earth’s surface.
    answer choices
    surface water
    wastewater
    groundwater
    water pollution
  • Question 25
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ is when there is an increase in the overall temperature of a body of water.
    answer choices
    artificial eutrophication
    biomagnification
    wastewater
    thermal pollution
  • Question 26
    20 seconds
    Q. ______________________ 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.
    answer choices
    water pollution
    desalination
    watershed
    potable
  • Question 27
    30 seconds
    Q.

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

    answer choices

    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.

  • Question 28
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Fertilizers are classified as which kind of water pollutant?

    answer choices

    organic chemicals

    inorganic chemicals

    heavy metals

    physical agents

  • Question 29
    30 seconds
    Q.

    One reason polluted groundwater pollution is difficult to clean is that

    answer choices

    the location of underground storage tanks is not always known.

    pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers.

    runoff contaminates the water supply.

  • Question 30
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Sources of ocean pollution include

    answer choices

    oil spills.

    direct dumping of wastewater.

    activities on land.

    All of the above.

  • Question 31
    30 seconds
    Q.

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

    answer choices

    Clean Water Act

    Water Quality Act

    Marine and Protection and Sanctuaries Act

    (a) and (c)

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