Water Conservation and Pollution

Most household water usage (35%) is for which activity?

• kitchen

• cleaning

• showering

• laundry

A practice in which people attempt to use resources wisely is called _________________.

• wasting

• throwing away

• taking for granted

• conservation

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

The contamination of water bodies is ________________,

• water pollution

• water conservation

• water creation

• water wasting

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Pollution that can be traced back to one source/location is referred to as ______________________.

• nonpoint-source pollution

• point-source pollution

When pollution comes from many different scattered sources it is referred to as _____________________.

• nonpoint-source pollution

• point-source pollution

An example of nonpoint-source pollution would be ________.

• city streets

• croplands

• suburban development

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Our fresh water comes from ________________.

• volcanoes

• crops

• habitats

• rivers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water pollution affects ___________________.

• humans

• animals

• plants

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Groundwater sits ______________ nonporous rocks.

• on top of

• below

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Wells are built to extract water from _______________.

• rivers

• springs

• groundwater

• lakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1