Human Impact on Water Quiz 2 Review

Waste or other materials is added to water so that it is harmful to organisms that use it or live in it

• Eutrophication

• Reservoir

• Water Pollution

• Potable

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The image is an example of what type of pollution. Look at the picture carefully

• Point-Source Pollution

• Non-Point Source Pollution

• Thermal Pollution

• Groundwater Pollution

Release of heat into the water that affects the temperature and ecosystem is an example of what

• Thermal pollution

• Chemical Pollution

• Biological Pollution

• Solar Pollution

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

A man made body of water that is usually collected behind a dam.

• Aquifers

• Canals

• Reservoir

• River System

What is a way someone could conserve water?

• take long baths with a filled tub.

• wash laundry in small loads

• install and use low-flow showerhead and take short showers

• water your grass only during the hottest part of the day

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following is NOT true about dams?

• Used to resolve disputes between countries

• Use the natural flow of water to generate power

• Environmental concern has led to decreased construction of dams

• the land behind changes as a result of the changed river flow

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The best way to prevent shortages of water is to...

• Increase awareness of individuals impact

• Reduce pollution in existing sources of water

• find new ways to treat and make water potable

• all of the choices

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

Which of the following is a result of plastic trash accumulating in the ocean?

• Animals mistake the plastic for food and eat it.

• sea birds/fish get tangled with the plastic trash and die

• Sea mammals (dolphins/seals) get tangled in old fishing nets/lines and die

• all the choices are correct

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Most pollutants that enter the ocean come from

• Boats directly dumping trash in water

• large oil spills

• human activities on land

• leaking underground septic tanks

Fertilizer farm runoff

• Point Source Pollution

• Non-point source pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3