Water Environmental Science

Mandates the restoration and maintenance of the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Clean Water Act

• Clean Air Act

• Resource Conservation Recovery Act

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is a non-point source of water pollution?

• Effluent from a sewage treatment plant

• BP refiner in Indiana discharging ammonia in a river.

• Runoff of pesticides from regional farms into the Illinois River.

• Hot water discharges from a nuclear power plant.

Which pollutant is most likely to be released into groundwater supplies without human intervention?

• Phosphates

• Lead

• Arsenic

• Mercury

An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water

• watershed

• groundwater

• permeability

• aquifer

It refers to the removal of salt from ocean water

• dam

• reservoir

• salination

• desalination

2/3 of freshwater on Earth is "locked away" in what water source location?

• atmosphere

• rivers and lakes

• underground

• ice and glaciers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

____________ is the water that collects in spaces and soil UNDERGROUND.

• Soil water

• Groundwater

• under pools

• ice caps

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What % of freshwater is on Earth?

• 97%

• 71%

• 3 % 

• 1 %

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Widespread pollution problems are known as...

• Point source

• Non-point source

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Animal wastes that runoff into water is an example of which types of pollution?

• bacterial & chemical 

• chemical & sediment

• nutrient & bacterial 

• sediment & nutrient