FALL FINAL REVIEW 2024

UNIT 6 QUESTIONS... WATER QUALITY/POLLUTION

Thermal pollution occurs when:

• Factories use water to cool off their machines/products and then return the hot water back into the body of water.

• Industries dump toxins into the bay water to get rid of them

• Radioactive particles heat up the water.

• The steam from a factory’s smoke stack releases harmful chemicals

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Diarrheal diseases after swimming in lakes is probably a result of which type of pollution?

• Biodegradable wastes

• Sediment pollution

• Radioactive pollution

• Thermal pollution

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Eutrophication occurs when a body of water is depleted of oxygen due to contamination by too many nutrients. Which of the following would most likely cause this to happen?

• Runoff of mercury and lead

• Runoff of sewage water

• Runoff of construction sites

• Runoff of nitrates and phosphates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

An oil spill from an oil tanker is an example of what type of pollution?

• non-point source pollution

• point source pollution

• thermal pollution

• eutrophication

Which of the following type of pollution can alter the genetics of living organisms if exposed to it?

• Sewage pollution

• Radioactive waste pollution

• Thermal pollution

• Sediment Pollution

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following is the type of wastewater produced, as a part of sewage pollution, that includes water that would have toxins and excrement/human wastes.

• Brownwater

• Whitewater

• Blackwater

• Greywater

Chemical run-off from farms is an example of?

• biodegradable waste

• point source pollution

• non-point source pollution

• thermal pollution

An industrial plant pouring waste from a pipe directly into a body of water is?

• non-point source pollution

• point source pollution

• surface run-off

• sediment pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Which of the following is NOT an example of non-point source pollution?

• chemical and pesticide runoff from farmland

• urban runoff and storm sewers

• acid rain from the air

• leaking sewage pipes

A large amount of sewage in water creates a high BOD, which robs the water of what?

• dissolved carbon dioxide

• dissolved nitrogen

• dissolved oxygen

• dissolved phosphate

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3