Apes Water Resources

Type of aquatic ecosystem that was once viewed as wasteland and drained by the government

• estuaries

• coral reefs

• open ocean

• wetlands

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Requires maximum level of contaminants (MCLs) to meet safety regulations for community tap water supplies

• Clean Water Act

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

• Safe Drinking Water Act

A family of five recently replaced its 7-gallon-per-minute showerheads with water-saving 3-gallon-per-minute showerheads. Each member of the family averages 10 minutes in the shower per day. How many fewer gallons of water will the family use each day with the new showerheads?

• 40 gallons per day

• 200 gallons per day

• 1,000 gallons per day

• 2,100 gallons per day

Presence of fecal coliform bacteria suggests that

• a factory polluted the river

• a nearby treatment plant added chlorine to the waste water

• the water is safe for drinking

• untreated animal waste contaminated the water

Which of the following describe the relationship between D.O. and B.O.D.?

• When D.O. decreases, the B.O.D. decreases

• When D.O. decreases, the B.O.D. increases

• When B.O.D. decreases, the D.O. decreases

• When B.O.D. increases, the D.O. decreases

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

The primary use for water in industry

• aquaculture

• cooling nuclear power plants

• hydroponics

• the food and drink industry

Which is a point source of pollution?

• Farm runoff

• A sewage treatment plant

• Storm runoff

• A suburban community

• A harbor

A manure lagoon is being built for a dairy with 700 cows, each of which produces 40 L of manure each day. How large must the lagoon be to hold 30 days worth of manure?

• 21,000 L

• 28,000 L

• 120,000 L

• 560,000 L

• 840,000 L

Arsenic is

• found naturally in groundwater

• often discovered due to its rapid health effects

• inexpensive to remove from drinking water

• found in rainwater

• primarily found in water in North America

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The first legislation on water quality was

• the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

• the Clean Water Act

• the Safe Drinking Water Act

• the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• the Water Quality Act