Water Pollution Review

Dirt, sand and silt are classified as what type of pollution?

• toxins
• sediment
• nutrient
• bacterial

How can nutrients be a pollutant?

• not enough nutrients
• too many nutrients
• lack of specific nutrients
• imbalance of nutrients

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which type of pollution can lead to harmful "algal blooms"?

• toxins
• sediments
• nutrients
• bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Cannot easily be traced to the source of the pollution.

• Point Source Pollution

• Non-point source pollution

Can be traced back to the point of origin.

• Point Source Pollution

• Non-point source pollution

______________________ is water waste discharge from a single source.

• nonpoint source pollution
• wastewater
• point source pollution
• pathogen

______________________ is an organism that causes illness or disease.

• potable
• porosity
• pathogen
• permeability

Nitrogen and Phosphorus fit into which category of water pollution?

• toxins
• sediments
• nutrients
• bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which category of pollution is the biggest contemporary water pollution issue in the Chesapeake Bay region?

• toxins
• sediments
• nutrients
• bacterial

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

These are all examples of organic chemical water pollution:

• gasoline; pesticides; dioxins
• plastics; mercury; uranium
• radium; solvents; lead
• bacteria; heat; gasoline