APES Water Pollution Quiz

The process of human activities near urban or agriculutre areas that input excess plant nutrients into lakes is known as

• artificial fertilization

• cultural eutrophication

• thermal pollution

• lake stratification

• synthetic primary productivity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The federal legislation that set maximum containment levels for pollutants cause advise effects in humans is the

• Water Quality Act

• Clean Water Act

• Pollution Prevention Act

• National Environment Policy Act

• Safe Drinking Water Act

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which water quality test will best determine the disruption of photosynthesis caused by cloudy water conditions from sedimentation?

• Temperature

• Salinity

• Dissolved oxygen

• pH

• Turbidity

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Coal-burning power plants and nuclear power plants producing electricity both release a large amount of

• nitrogen compounds

• arsenic contaminates

• thermal pollution

• infectious agents

• oxygen-demanding wastes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following would least likely reduce the nutrient loading into the Chesapeake Bay estuary?

• Replanting of riparian zones and sea grass beds

• Upgrade of current sewage treatment plants

• Improvement of manure containment lagoons in feedlots

• Government subsides for cotton crops

• Re-introduction of native oyster beds

Which of the following is NOT a non point-source pollutant?

• Sediment loading from erosion

• Runoff of pesticides from cropland

• Animal wastes from feedlots

• Fertilizer runoff from urban areas

• A sewage treatment plant effluent pipe

Which of the following would most likely cause metabolic stress in aerobic lake organisms?

• Variation in conductivity

• Dissolved oxygen levels at 2 to 3 ppm

• Influx of dissolved solids

• A 1 to 2 -degree change in water temperature

• An increase in pH from 6-7

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The loss of riparian land along a river would cause which of the following?

I. Increased flooding

II. Decreased turbidity

III. Increased non point-source pollution

• I only

• II only

• I and III

• I, II, and III

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Stronger regulations for coal-burning power plant emissions are likely to reduce which of the following aquatic pollutants?

• Arsenic

• DDT

• Mercury

• Atrazine

• Cadmium

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following river conditions would yield the highest dissolved oxygen content?

• Fast-moving cold water, large amounts of submerged vegetative biomass

• Slow-moving cool waters, large amounts of emergent vegetative biomass

• Slow- moving warm waters, low amounts of submerged vegetative biomass

• Warm water with little vegetative biomass

• Stagnant, warm water with large clumps of algae

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4