Water Pollution

Water Pollution

Multiple Choice

Chemicals released from an Industrial Plant directly into a river

• Point

• Non-Point

Multiple Choice

Disposing of paint and other household hazardous materials down the drain

• Point

• Non-Point

Multiple Choice

______________________ is the introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water that degrade water quality and adversely affect the organisms that depend on the water.

• water pollution

• desalination

• watershed

• potable

Multiple Choice

Some kids were dumping paint in the local pond. What type of water pollution did they cause?

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

Multiple Choice

Why does chemical waste need to be disposed of carefully?

• It encourages excessive plant growth

• It contains heavy metals which build up in the tissues of living organisms.

• It is not biodegradable

• It depletes the oxygen levels in the water

Multiple Choice

Dirt, sand and silt are classified as what type of pollution?

• toxic chemical

• sediment

• nutrient

• bacterial

Multiple Choice

A farmer applies excess fertilizer to one of her fields just before a rainstorm. What kind of pollution is this most likely to lead to?

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

Multiple Choice

This type of pollution comes from any heating of natural water that results from human activity

• Thermal pollution

• Chemical pollution

• Biological pollution

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an effect of an oil spill?

• Many plants and animals die.

• The fishing industry improves.

• Plant life increases.

• The oil cleans the beaches.

Multiple Choice

At a research lab, a scientist carelessly pours cultures of living microrganisms down the drain. What type of water pollution does this cause?

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Biological

Multiple Choice

What type of pollution is the example:

Water from a river or lake, that is used for cooling powerplants, get warmed up. When that warm water is returned to the river or lake, it is a higher temperature than the river or lake water. This warmer water has less oxygen available for organisms that live in the water.

• Biological pollution

• Chemical pollution

• Thermal pollution