Water Pollution

What percentage of the Earth's freshwater is available to us?

• 97%

• 7%

• 1%

• 50%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is NOT a major use of freshwater?

• household

• agriculture

• industry

• clouds

What are two major ways that water is used for agriculture? SELECT 2

• for cleaning laundry

• for irrigating crops

• drinking water for livestock

• for generating power

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Pollution traced to a single point is called--

• watershed

• permeable

• point source pollution

• nonpoint source pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Which of these is an example of point source pollution?

• oil running off neighborhood driveways when it rains

• drainpipe spilling waste into river

• lawn fertilizer running into creeks from yards

• litter washing off roads

Pollution that cannot be traced to a single point because comes from many sources is called--

• estuary

• watershed

• nonpoint source pollution

• point source pollution

Which of these is an example of nonpoint source pollution?

• soil eroding from construction around the city

• toxic waste dumped from a factory into a river

• a sewage pipe that breaks and leaks into a creek

• a radioactive meltdown that leaks into a lake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Water that flows across the surface that does not soak into the ground and runs into water bodies is called--

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following are examples of debris that accumulates in waterways such as the ocean? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• plastic bags

• coral reefs

• fishing line

• soda cans

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Debris in the ocean and other waterways can cause animals to --

• starve (plastic in the stomach)

• strangle

• suffocate

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4