Lecture: 11.3: Water Pollution

Lecture: 11.3: Water Pollution

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an example of point-source pollution?

• Oil that is escaping from a damaged tanker

• Heavy metals that are leaching out of an underground mine

• Water runoff from residential lawns

• Untreated sewage that is accidentally released from a wastewater treatment plant

Multiple Choice

Most wastewater is:

• Biodegradable

• Non degradable

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pollutants causes artificial eutrophication?

• Heavy metals from unlined landfills

• Inorganic plant nutrients from wastewater and fertilizer

• Radioactive waste from nuclear power plants

Multiple Choice

Polluted groundwater is easy to clean:

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Where does most ocean pollution come from?

• The air

• Land

• Ocean

Open Ended

What is something new or interesting that you learned from this lecture?