Water 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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Containers at a food processing plant leaking fat and animal juices

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Disposing of paint and other household hazardous materials down the drain

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Snow melts in parking lots and carries oils into nearby waterways

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Chemicals released from an Industrial Plant directly into a river

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What can happen to fish when there is not enough oxygen in the water?

• They can suffocate

• They can't float

• They can't see.

• Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A chicken farmer stores all of the chicken manure from his farm in large piles next to the river. Throughout the spring and summer, the piles of manure are exposed to rain and wind. The farmer finally removes the manure in the fall.

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Instead of riding his bike, a college student drives to class every day. He also drives to the store, to friend's houses, and everywhere else. every time he fills up his tank, a little bit of gasoline drips to the ground. The car's exhaust contains nitrogen oxides, which contribute to nitrogen levels in nearby water bodies.

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4