Pollution Quiz

Water pollution that is coming out of a pipe from a specific factory would be an example of:

• Groundwater Pollution
• Non-Point Source Pollution
• Point Source Pollution

The salt washing off of the streets of Cincinnati after a snowstorm would be an example of

• Groundwater Pollution
• Non-Point Source Pollution
• Point-Source Pollution

What is the big thing that the wastewater consumes when it is being broken down in a river?

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Kinetic Energy
• Sugars

What is the algal bloom that occurs with an increase in nutrients in a system called?

• Eutrophication
• BOD 
• Deadzones
• Disease

The bacteria in wastewater can cause:

• Eutrophication
• Deadzones
• BOD
• Disease

Heat can be a type of water pollution.

• True 
• False

Pesticides are a type of wastewater pollutant.

• True
• False

Cow blood being drained from a slaughterhouse into a river would be an example of:

• Groundwater Pollution
• Non-Point Source Pollution
• Point-Source Pollution

The chemicals used to pull underground oil supplies out of the water (in a process called "fraking") will probably cause this type of water pollution:

• Groundwater Pollution
• Non-Point Source Pollution
• Point-Source Pollution

All of the car oil coming off of every driveway in Cincinnati during a rainstorm would be an example of:

• Groundwater Pollution
• Non-Point Source Pollution
• Point Source Pollution