Water Pollution

Water Pollution

Multiple Choice

What is water pollution?

• The contamination of rain by smoke and chemicals

• The addition of chemicals or substances in water

• The contamination of the air by contaminated water

Let's think back...

Poll

What is a renewable resource?

• A resource that can be replenished after being used

• A resource that cannot be replenished after being used

• A man-made resource from the earth

Poll

What is a non-renewable resource?

• A resource that can be replenished after being used

• A resource that cannot be replenished after being used

• A man-made resource from the earth

Multiple Choice

Is water renewable or non-renewable?

• Non-renewable

• Renewable

Poll

What do you think can cause water pollution?

• Rain

• Fossil fuels

• Trash

• Chemicals

Poll

Is it easy to figure out where water pollution is coming from?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Select

Which ones are examples of Point Source water pollution?

• A wrecked oil tanker spilling oil into the ocean.

• Oil found in runoff in a parking lot.

• Salt contamination found in a river after snow melts.

• A factory dumping industrial waste into a river.

• Trash found floating in a river after a storm.

Multiple Select

Which ones are examples of Non-point Source water pollution?

• Fertilizer found in runoff from sprinklers.

• Oil found in runoff in a parking lot.

• Salt contamination found in a river after snow melts.

• A factory dumping industrial waste into a river.

• Trash found floating in a river after a storm.

Poll

Which source of pollution is the most damaging to our environment?

• Non-point Source Pollution

• Point Source Pollution

Multiple Choice

Which statement is correct?

• Point source pollution is the most damaging to the environment because you cannot find out where it is coming from and stop it.

• Nonpoint source pollution is the most damaging the environment because you can find out where it is coming from and stop it.

• Nonpoint source pollution is the most damaging to the environment because you cannot find out where it is coming from and stop it.

• Point source pollution is the most damaging the environment because you can find out where it is coming from and stop it.

Let's Review

Multiple Choice

Point source contaminants come from industrial, commercial, and residential areas.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Nonpoint pollution often originates as precipitation and collects contaminants as it travels across the ground until it becomes polluted.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What type of water pollution comes from an obvious source?

• Point source

• Chemical source

• Nonpoint source

• Carbon source

Multiple Choice

What type of water pollution comes from multiple sources and is not easily identified?

• Point source pollution

• Chemical source pollution

• Nonpoint source pollution

• Carbon source pollution