Pollution

Can be traced back to the point of origin.

• Point Source Pollution

• Non-point source pollution

______________________ is water that is beneath the earth’s surface in sediment or rock formation.

• watershed
• water pollution
• wastewater
• groundwater

Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain.

• water pollution

• thermal pollution

• biomagnification

• artificial eutrophication

Which of the following represents nonpoint-source pollution?

• polluted wastewater from a chemical plant

• leaking oil tanker

• runoff from city streets

The Clean Air Act- regulates vehicle emissions.

• true

• false

What is a primary pollutant? 

• pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities
• pollutants that react with other primary pollutants

Which is true of air pollution and human health?

• Years of research link air pollution to lung diseases, birth defects, and cancer

• Air pollution is commonly listed as a cause of death.

• None of the health effects of air pollution are reversible.

• Healthy adults are most affected by air pollution.

What is the main cause of air pollution?

• plowing fields and releasing dust

• using solar power

• burning fossil fuels

• using water power

Climate change caused by extra carbon dioxide in the air that causes heat to get trapped in the atmosphere is called

• global warming

• photosynthesis

• smog

Gases released from power plants mix with water vapor in the sky to make ________________.

• smog

• acid rain

• global warming

• particulate matter