review for campus Assessment on Human Impact

_____________ is an increase in the nutrients, such as nitrates, in a marine or aquatic ecosystem.

• eutrophication

• urbanization

• permafrost

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A body of rock or sediment below the surface that can store a lot of water, and that allows water to flow easily through it is called a(n)

• permafrost

• aquifer

• urbanization

• eutrophication

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

______________ is pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single specific site.

• point-source pollution

• non-point source pollution

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

________ is pollution that comes from a specific site.

• non-point source pollution

• point-source pollution

• nonrenewable resouce

• renewable resource

If water is _______________, it is suited for drinking.

• potable

• reservoir

• surface water

• groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Waste matter or other materials that are introduced into water and that is harmful to organisms that live in, drink or are exposed to the water is called

• water pollution

• thermal pollution

• water quality

• water supply

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

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

A new mall and movie theatre are being built on the outskirts of suburbia. Trees and brush are cleared away, the land is bulldozed, and a silt fence is installed across part of the development. However, construction is delayed for a year, leaving the land exposed to the elements.

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

A rural homeowner moves into an old house with an old septic tank (tank used to treat household sewage). After a few weeks, she notices smelly water pooling in her yard near the septic tank. She decides to wait to see if the problem will go away.

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

Which of the following is NOT a type of toxic pollution?

• herbicides
• pesticides
• soil
• solvents