Water Pollution

another way to talk about water pollution is to talk about water ______

• quantity

• speed

• quality

• all of these options

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

water pollution can be

• biological

• temperature

• physical

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

water regulations usually start around

• parts per ten

• parts per hundred

• parts per thousand

• parts per million

what does it mean to degrade water quality?

• water is good

• water is ok

• water passes regulations but probably isn't pleasant

• water is bad

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

what is turbidity?

• how clear the water is

• how much oxygen water has

• how much phosphate water has

• how much nitrate water has

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

what can increase levels of nitrate in water?

• sewage

• pesticides

• mining waste

• all of these options

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

______________________ 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

______________________ is water waste that comes from many different sources.

• biomagnification

• point source pollution

• nonpoint source pollution

• wastewater

______________________ is water waste discharge from a single source.

• nonpoint source pollution

• wastewater

• point source pollution

• pathogen

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Most water pollution is the result of __________________.

• natural processes

• animal waste

• human activities

• acid rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4