APES - water pollution and treatment

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

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 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

Mine site drainage can often cause this:

• Cultural eutrophication

• Acidic runoff

• Land subsidence

• Saltwater intrusion

• Salinization

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following is a non-point source of water pollution

• Effluent from a sewage treatment plant

• BP refiner in Indiana discharging ammonia in a river.

• Runoff of pesticides from regional farms into the Illinois River.

• Hot water discharges from a nuclear power plant.

• oil leak from the Exxon Valdez

What is the danger in eating some fish from lakes or ocean?

• They may be invasive species.

• If abundant, they may lead to a crash in other species.

• If they are high on the food chain they may contain high levels of mercury or POP's like PCB's

• They may contain too many nutrients from fertilizers.

• They may contain parasites that cause cancer

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

All of the following are ways to disinfect wastewater EXCEPT:

• Chloroform
• Chlorine
• UV rays
• Ozone