Point Non-Point Source Pollution Water

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

• Point

• Non-Point

Pollution that comes from a single 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

A farmer stores containers of pesticides in the barn and the containers leak

• 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

Acid Rain

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Power plants cool hot water pipes in a local river

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Snow melts in parking lots and carries oils into nearby waterways

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Chemicals released from an Industrial Plant directly into a river

• Point

• Non-Point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4