Eutrophication Creek Trip Questions

Eutrophication is

• too few nutrients in a body of water.

• too many nutrients in a body of water.

• high acid levels in a body of water.

• high alkalinity levels in a body of water.

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Eutrophication is caused by...

• fossil fuel burning in power plants.

• automobiles burning fossil fuels.

• over fertilizing farm fields.

• limestone rocks in a body of water.

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Chemicals that contribute to eutrophication include... (pick all that apply)

• dissolved Oxygen.

• phosphates.

• nitrates.

• sulfuric acid.

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Nutrients cause what effect in our creeks and rivers?

• limestone to disappear.

• dissolved Oxygen levels to rise.

• algae to grow more rapidly.

• bacteria populations to decrease.

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Our Conodoguinet Creek empties into the Susquehanna River that then affects the waters in the

• Pacific Ocean.

• Chesapeake Bay.

• Ohio River.

• Great Lakes.

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When nutrient levels rise to high levels in a body of water, the effect on dissolved Oxygen levels is...

• decreases.

• increases.

• does not change.

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When algae levels increase in a body of water, it

• cuts off light to plants at the bottom.

• increases light to the plants on the bottom.

• causes dissolved Oxygen levels increase.

• causes bacteria populations decrease.

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A good phosphate reading for the health in the creek would be ...

• high parts per million.

• low parts per million.

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A good nitrate reading for the health in the creek would be ...

• high parts per million.

• low parts per million.

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A good dissolved Oxygen reading for the health in the creek would be ...

• high parts per million.

• low parts per million.

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