Water Pollution Quiz

Why were city officials changing the water source in Flint, Michigan in the spring of 2014?

• To punish citizens regarding election results
• To save money
• To find cleaner water
• To save their older pipe infrastructure

Chemicals released from an industrial plant directly into a river.

• Point
• Non-Point

______________________ 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

Which of the following is one of the most challenging environmental problems?

• deforestation
• groundwater pollution
• poaching
• not recycling

This type of pollution comes from any heating of natural water that results from human activity.

• Inorganic pollution
• Chemical pollution
• Biological pollution
• Thermal pollution

Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain.

• water pollution
• thermal pollution
• biomagnification
• artificial eutrophication

What is desalination, and how does it help in addressing water pollution?

• Desalination helps in addressing water pollution by providing a source of clean, drinkable water in areas where freshwater sources are limited or contaminated
• Desalination contributes to water pollution by using excessive amounts of energy and creating greenhouse gas emissions
• Desalination helps in addressing water pollution by increasing the salt content in water, making it undrinkable
• Desalination is a process that releases harmful chemicals into the water, worsening water pollution

Polluted groundwater is difficult to clean because __________________________.

• the recycling process of groundwater can take hundreds or thousands of years
• groundwater is deep in the ground and dispersed through large areas of rock
• pollutants cling to the materials that make up the aquifer and contaminated the clean water
• all of the above

Sources of ocean pollution include which of the following?

• activities on land
• oil spills
• direct dumping of wastewater
• all of the above

97% of the worlds water resources are found as ________________.

• fresh water
• salt water
• icecaps and glaciers
• groundwater