AP Water Pollution

Fecal coliform bacteria

• is used as an indicator of water quality

• is the cause of many waterborne diseases

• is another name for Cryptosporidium

• usually causes diarrhea

• is rarely found in septage

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Arsenic is

• found naturally in groundwater

• often discovered due to its rapid health effects

• inexpensive to remove from drinking water

• found in rainwater

• primarily found in water in North America

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Which is NOT true of acid deposition?

• It is primarily due to the burning of coal

• It is treated using limestone

• It can occur as a result of mining

• It is lethal to many aquatic organisms

• It causes increased solubility of many ions

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Approximately what percent of the oil in marine waters worldwide is due to natural causes?

• 5 percent

• 20 percent

• 35 percent

• 45 percent

• 60 percent

Sedimentation of water

• decreases the solubility of oxygen

• increases the amount of photosynthesis

• clogs the gills of some aquatic animals

• results in decreased nutrients availability

• is primarily due to industrialization

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The first legislation on water quality was

• the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

• the Clean Water Act

• the Safe Drinking Water Act

• the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• the Water Quality Act

Maximum contaminant levels for groundwater were set in

• the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

• the Clean Water Act

• the Safe Drinking Act

• the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• the Water Quality Act

The Exxon Valdez oil spill

• was cleaned up within 2 years of the spill

• lead to new regulations for oil tankers

• was larger than the Deepwater Horizon spill

• primarily affected aquatic organisms

• has not significantly changed the ecosystem 20 years later

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______ is an unwanted change in any environment caused by the introduction of harmful chemicals; it degrades the quality of the environment.

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Which of the following chemical reactions best represents the process of the creation of acid precipitation?

• N₂ + O₂ --> 2NO

  2NO + O₂ --> 2NO₂

  NO₂ --> NO + O

  O + O₂ --> O₃

  NO + O₃ --> NO₂ + O

• H₂SO₄ + Ca(OH)₂ --> CaSO₄ + 2H₂O

• S + O₂ --> SO₂

  2SO₂ + O₂ --> 2SO₃

  SO₃ + H₂O --> H₂SO₄

• C + O₂ --> CO₂

  2C + O₂ --> 2CO

  S + O₂ --> 2SO₃

  SO₃ + H₂O --> H₂SO₄

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