Water Pollution

______________________ is the introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water that degrade water quality and adversely affect the organisms that depend on the water.

• water pollution
• desalination
• watershed
• potable

A farmer applies excess fertilizer to one of her fields just before a rainstorm. What kind of pollution is this most likely to lead to?

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

Can be traced back to the point of origin.

• Point Source Pollution

• Non-point source pollution

Pollution that comes from a single source

• Point

• Non-Point

Pollution that comes from MANY different places and is hard to identify its source.

• Point

• Non-Point

A ship carrying gasoline runs into shore and spills large amount of gasoline.

• Point

• Non-Point

Containers at a food processing plant leaking fat and animal juices

• Point

• Non-Point

Acid Rain

• Point

• Non-Point

Snow melts in parking lots and carries oils into nearby waterways

• Point

• Non-Point

Chemicals released from an Industrial Plant directly into a river

• Point

• Non-Point