Unit 3 Part 2 Environmental Science

What kind of resource is water?

• potentially renewable

• perpetually renewable

• point source

• nonpoint source

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the water that flows overtop of land and collects in a stream or river?

• watershed

• water table

• runoff

• recharge zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Choose all of the possible uses of freshwater.

• agricultural

• personal

• industrial

• meteorlogical

What is the greatest use of fresh water (largest %)?

• agricultural

• industrial

• personal

• meteorological

Where does most of the fresh water we use come from?

• groundwater

• atmospheric water

• space

• surface waters

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is groundwater primarily used for?

• manufacturing processes

• residential uses

• irrigation

• drinking

Which of the following is a non-point source of pollution?

• sewer pipe of a bleach factory

• factory pipe

• runoff from streets

• oil spill from a ship

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Erosion from clear-cutting is an example of what type of water pollution?

• nutrient

• toxic-chemical

• sediment

• thermal

Human waste (feces) is an example of what type of water pollution?

• nutrient

• toxic-chemical

• thermal

• biological

Which type of pollution is the hardest to clean up?

• groundwater

• river

• ocean

• lakes and ponds