Environmental Science Exam Review

Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain

• biomagnification 

• wastewater

• water pollution

• artificial eutrophication

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Which act was designed to make all surface water in the United States healthy enough for fishing and swimming.

• Federal Water Pollution Control Act - 1972

• Clean Water Act - 1972

• Water Quality Act - 1987

• Oceans Act - 2000

Sources of ocean pollution include

• oil spills.

• direct dumping of waste-water.

• activities on land.

• all of the choices

One reason polluted groundwater pollution is difficult to clean is that:

• groundwater is deep in the ground and dispersed through large areas of rock

• pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers.

• the recycling process of groundwater can take hundreds or thousands of years.

• all of the choices

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Fertilizers are classified as which kind of water pollutant?

• inorganic chemicals

• point sources pollution

• heavy metals

• non-point source pollution

Atmospheric condition that traps pollution near the ground

• Primary pollution

• Sea-coal

• Smog

• Temperature inversion

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Which of the following is a secondary air pollutant?

• hydrocarbon emissions in car exhaust

• sulfur dioxide emitted when electrical power is generated

• VOCs released by dry cleaners

• smog formed in the presence of sunlight

An effect of acid precipitation on soil and water

• acid precipitation

• pH

• acid shock

• acidification

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Which has NOT been linked to acid precipitation?

• toxic metal poisoning

• lower blood pH

• respiratory problems

• damaged monuments

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Precipitation is considered acid precipitation of its pH is

• above 7.0

• above 5.0

• below 5.0

• below 5.6