Cambridge Environmental

Choose all statements that are correct:

• some effects of groundwater depletion are: land can sink, saltwater intrusion, aquifer depletion; aquifer contamination with mercury.

• one way to increase water supplies is by reducing water waste in agriculture through drip irrigation;

• reverse osmosis is a method used to decontaminate water from heavy metals pollutants.

• increasing the price of water is a management strategy used to prevent water loss in residential homes and industry.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

______________________ is the buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain.

• porosity

• water pollution

• wastewater

• biomagnification

_________________ is the area of land that is drained by a river.

• surface water

• watershed

• dam

• wastewater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Why do we want to keep fertilizers (nitrogen and phosphorous) out of water? (Pick best answer)

• Prevent eutrophication

• nitrogen will make the water cloudy

• fertilizer will attract rats

• to reduce global warming

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A sub-field of economics that examines the costs and benefits of various policies and regulations that seek to regulate or limit air and water pollution and other causes of environmental degradation is called...

• environmental economics

• green tax

• economics

• valuation

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

An accurate definition of Sustainability is

• meeting population needs

• meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to survive

• meeting the needs of the future without worrying about todays

• meeting the food needs of animals

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the field of economics that links environmental and economic costs

• Ecolabelling

• Environmental Economics

• Non-Market Values

• Market Failure

• Ecological Economics

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Which of the following is a nonpoint source of pollution?

• sewage treatment plant

• underground mines

• chemical and sediment runoff

• oil tankers

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Acid drainage from mines can alter the pH of waterways; heavy metals may load the system

• thermal pollution

• inorganic chemical pollution

• disease-causing agents

• sedimentation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The principle advantage of using wetlands for wastewater treatment is:

• the resulting water exceeds all drinking water standards 

• a natural ecosystem replaces industrial methods for advanced treatment

• it removes dioxin and other pollutants in the sediment of the wetland

• the method eliminates the production of methane, which contributes to global warming