Alice Environmental Vocab

What causes a body of water to have high turbidity??

• sediment run-off because of deforestation in an area

• nutrient run-off from agriculture leading to algal bloom

• Acidic levels caused by burning coal

• transportation releasing NOx, leading to smog

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

______________________ is water waste discharge from a single source.

• nonpoint source pollution

• wastewater

• point source pollution

• pathogen

______________________ is an area of the earth’s surface from which water percolates (drips) down into an aquifer.

• porosity

• recharge zone

• surface water

• biomagnification

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is a primary pollutant?

• ozone

• sulfuric acid

• acid deposition

• particulate matter

Water may be used to cool power plants and released back into the environment causing

• thermal pollution

• chemical pollution

• heavy metal pollution

• sedimentation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Acid drainage from mines can alter the pH of waterways; heavy metals may load the system

• thermal pollution

• inorganic chemical pollution

• disease-causing agents

• sedimentation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The combustion of fossil fuels can lead to water pollution from

• pesticides and herbicides

• SOx and NOx deposition

• Sewage

• Sedimentation and siltation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Groundwater pollution is regulated by

• the Paris agreement

• groundwater pollution is not regulated

• the Clean Water Act

• the Safe Drinking Water Act

This federal law regulates point source pollution; provides funding for sewage treatment plants

• is not regulated in US

• U.S. Marine anti-pollution Control Act

• the Clean Water Act

• the Safe Drinking Water Act

Overpumping groundwater in coastal areas can cause ________ to move into aquifers, making the water undrinkable.

• suspended solids

• hard water ions

• untreated sewage

• saltwater

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-2