Environmental Review-Ch 11,12,14

Bacteria, viruses, & protozoa in water is also called

• potable

• pathogens

• artificial eutrophication

• aquifer

Bottled water can be described as

• pathogens

• artificial eutrophication

• potable

• watershed

Which of the following is a non point source pollutant?

• unlined landfill

• polluted wastewater from a chemical plant

• leaking oil tanker

• runoff from agricultural feedlot

Pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single specific site is called_____________.

• nonpoint source pollution

• point source pollution

The introduction into water of waste matter or chemicals that are harmful to organisms living in the water or to those that drink or are exposed to the water.

• point source pollution

• nonpoint source pollution

• water pollution

• desalination

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Pollution that comes from a specific site is called

• point source pollution

• nonpoint source pollution

• water pollution

• desalination

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

The accumulation of pollutants at a successive level of the food chain is also known as

• ground water

• permeability

• porosity

• biomagnification

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The ability of a sediment or rocks to allow fluid pass through its pores or open spaces.

• permeability

• porosity

• biomagnification

• ground water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Most of the fresh water on Earth is _______________________.

• located underground in an aquifer

• frozen in icecaps

• located in rivers and streams

• Earth's Atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is NOT an example of point source pollution?

• oil that is escaping from a damaged tanker

• heavy metals that are leaching out of an underground mine

• water runoff from residential lawns

• untreated sewage that is accidentally released from a wastewater treatment plant