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Water Pollutants

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

12th Grade

NGSS covered

Water Pollutants
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This law sets standards on pollutants for community water supplies.

Clean Water Act (CWA)

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Oil Pollution Act

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Most water pollution is the result of __________________.

natural processes

animal waste

human activities

acid rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Eutrophication is caused by

runoff of excessive fertilizer and nutrients

cleaning up waterways

using nuclear energy

using solar energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Point-source pollution and non point-source pollution differ in

the kind of biological agents causing the pollution.

whether the source of pollution is agricultural or industrial.

the number of sources from which the pollution is discharged.

whether the pollutants are chemical or physical agents.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Fertilizers are classified as which kind of water pollutant?

organic chemicals

inorganic chemicals

heavy metals

physical agents

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

One reason polluted groundwater pollution is difficult to clean is that

the location of underground storage tanks is not always known.

pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers.

runoff contaminates the water supply.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Sources of ocean pollution include

oil spills.

direct dumping of wastewater.

activities on land.

All of the above.

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