Human impact on groundwater and surface water

Do humans only impact the groundwater and surface water negatively?

• YES, humans destroy all

• NO, humans keep things clean

• YES and NO

• I'm not sure yet

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The introduction of chemical, physical or biological agents into the water is

• Water Pollution

• Potable Water

• Desalination

• Population

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Some kids were dumping paint in the local pond. What type of water pollution did they cause?

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

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Addition of a poisonous or polluting substance

• Contamination

• Watershed

• Groundwater

• Aquifer

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An area of land over which water flows to a particular body of water

• Groundwater

• Contamination

• Point source contamination

• Watershed

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Pollutants introduced into surface or ground water that are without a specific location source, such as water entering a drain after flowing over a lawn that has been fertilized.

• Aquifer

• Non-point source contamination

• Eutrophication

• Surface Water

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An area of land in which all of the water falling or flowing over it drains to the same location is a/an…

• watershed
• watertable
• river
• aquifer

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Water that is located in the ground in the pores within rock is called…

• watershed
• surface water
• groundwater
• water cycle

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What is the source of groundwater?

• rain, snow, melted glaciers
• ocean water
• icebergs
• water from fossilized animals

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Groundwater contamination…

• is easily cleaned up
• is difficult to clean or remove
• is not a problem for modern people
• does not affect the United States

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