Environmental Systems 04/11/2024

Which of the following is a source of air pollution?

• Difficulty in breathing

• Factories

• Eye irritation

• Drinking water

This picture shows people walking through a highly-polluted city in China. From what type of pollution are they protecting themselves based on what they are wearing?

• air pollution
• water pollution
• land pollution
• noise pollution

Where is pollution found on the earth?
 
 
  

• only in the air 
• only on the land 
• only in the water 
• on land, in the air, and in the water 

Global warming can lead to

• deforestation

• climate change

• oil spills

• litter

What is Pollution?

• an unhealthy diet

• global warming

• lands, people and plants

• harmful substance introduced to the environment

What is a point-source pollution?

• Oil spilling from supertanker
• Drainpipe spilling waste into river
• Toxic Chemicals
• Single sites of waste

What is a Non-Point source Pollution?

• Soil from farms
• Acid rain
• Damaged Sewer Pipe or system 
• Salts from irrigation of farm fields

___________________ washes agricultural wastes, including animal wastes, fertilizers, and pesticides, into bodies of water, causing algae to grow.

• Runoff
• Peak flow
• Groundwater
• Municipal sewage

Duke Energy discharges waste from creating energy into a nearby river

• Point Source Pollution

• Nonpoint Source Pollution

Oil, Grease and toxic chemicals from the roadways runoff into a nearby lake

• Point Source Pollution

• Nonpoint Source Pollution