Water Pollution Test

There is nothing we can do to stop water pollution.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

This law sets standards on pollutants for community water supplies.

• Clean Water Act (CWA)

• Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Oil Pollution Act

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Most water pollution is the result of __________________.

• natural processes

• animal waste

• human activities

• acid rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A distinct location from which pollution is directly produced.

• Point source

• nonpoint source

• wastewater

• water pollution

Eutrophication is caused by

• runoff of excessive fertilizer and nutrients

• cleaning up waterways

• using nuclear energy

• using solar energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Fertilizers are classified as which kind of water pollutant?

• organic chemicals

• inorganic chemicals

• heavy metals

• physical agents

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

One reason polluted groundwater pollution is difficult to clean is that

• the location of underground storage tanks is not always known.

• pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers.

• runoff contaminates the water supply.

Sources of ocean pollution include

• oil spills.

• direct dumping of wastewater.

• activities on land.

• All of the above.

Point-source pollution and non point-source pollution differ in

• the kind of biological agents causing the pollution.

• whether the source of pollution is agricultural or industrial.

• the number of sources from which the pollution is discharged.

• whether the pollutants are chemical or physical agents.

Which type of pollution can lead to harmful "algal blooms"?

• heat pollution

• oil spills

• nutrient pollution

• bacteria

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Eutrophication