Water Pollution

Which of the following is an effect of an oil spill?

• Many plants and animals die.

• The fishing industry improves.

• Plant life increases.

• The oil cleans the beaches.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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Pollution _________________________.

• is harmful materials put into the environment

• found in air, water, and land

• effects plants, animals, and people

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What can happen if oil shipments are not handled properly?

• The price of oil will go down.

• The oil will spill into the ship that carries it.

• Airplanes will have to transport oil.

• The oil can spill into the ocean.

______________________ 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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Chemicals released from an Industrial Plant directly into a river

• Point

• Non-Point

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Disposing of paint and other household hazardous materials down the drain

• Point

• Non-Point

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Some kids were dumping paint in the local pond. What type of water pollution did they cause?

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Logging operations used to use a technique called clear-cutting, in which all of the trees in an area are cut down. What type of water pollution will this most likely lead to?

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

• Thermal pollution

• Chemical pollution

• Biological pollution

At a research lab, a scientist carelessly pours cultures of living microbes down the drain. What type of water pollution does this cause?

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial