Human Impact on Water

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

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

• Point-Source Pollution

• Non-Point Source Pollution

• Thermal Pollution

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Choose two reasons that might threaten our water supply.

• Droughts

• Overpopulation

• Typhoon

• Flooding

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Over the years, a farm area becomes more populated. Which of the following will most likely happen in the town as a result of this urbanization?

• amount of rainfall will increase

• rivers may be contaminated by sewage

• Light pollution in the town may decrease

• people will develop more farms in the town

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The introduction of chemical, physical or biological agents into the water is

• Water Pollution

• Potable Water

• Desalination

• Population

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Some kids were dumping paint in the local pond. What type of water pollution did they cause?

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Eutrophication is defined as a change that occurs to an aquatic ecosystem. This change is mainly due to what?

• Newly introduced fish

• Depletion of the ozone layer

• Increased nutrient concentration

• Increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Eutrophication or Algal Bloom is caused by...

• fossil fuel burning in power plants.

• automobiles burning fossil fuels.

• over fertilizing farm fields.

• limestone rocks in a body of water.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Added nutrients to water by human activity, such as fertilizer, is called

• Eutrophication

• Flocculation

• Reservoir

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Wastewater that gets dispose in the ocean will increase the risk of what type of pollution

• Biological

• Chemical

• Thermal