Sources of Water Pollution

Wastewater from central sewer systems be treated and used again.

• True

• False

What is nonpotable water?

• drinking water

• nondrinking water

• water from the central sewers

Approximately how many people in Florida have a septic tank system?

• 10%

• 33%

• 50%

• 100%

Water that runs off or flows over the ground after a rainstorm is specifically known as

• runoff

• groundwater runoff

• surface water runoff

• Stormwater runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is attributed to nitrogen pollution

• Bacterial infections

• Water temperature rising

• Algal blooms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What do algal blooms deplete from the water that causes damage to underwater vegetation?

• Oxygen

• Nutrients

• Food

• Carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Turbidity- cloudy water caused by suspended matter- reduces the amount of what?

• Oxygen

• Sunlight

• food

• Carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When the cause of pollution can be traced to a single source this is called

• Origin source pollution

• Root pollution

• nonpoint source pollution

• point source pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3