Water Pollution Quiz

An underground water supply is...

• erosion

• water shed

• aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Pollution traced to a single point

• water shed

• permeable

• point source pollution

• non-point source pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

A basin where water collects after it runs downhill.

• aquifer

• watershed

• reservoir

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Type of pollution that is made up of small particles that is made up rocks, soil

• river basin

  pollution

• biological polluiton

• sediment

  pollution

The BEST solution to the water problem

• water conservation

• Legislation

• Don't pollute

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

We can prevent water pollution by:

• Reduce the use of plastic.

• Properly dispose of chemicals.

• Clean up after your animals.

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Thermal Pollution is caused by

• Powerplant discharge

• Water heated by the sun

• Ocean circulation currents

How does thermal pollution affect an aquatic ecosystem?

• Warm water carries less dissolved oxygen for the fish

• It heats the water to a temperature in which fish can't survive

• It causes algae growth with disrupts the food chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

3 things water pollution causes:

• Death of animals

• Habitat destroyed

• Humans sick

• Lung damage

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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

• 97 %

• 7 %

• less than 1 %

• 23 %

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1