8.1 Sources of Pollution - APES Notes

Slide 2:

What is a point source of pollution?

• A location where pollution is indirectly produced.

• A distinct location from which pollution is directly produced.

• A type of pollution that cannot be seen.

• A natural source of pollution.

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Slide 3:

What is a nonpoint source of pollution?

• A specific, identifiable source of pollution

• A diffuse area that produces pollution

• A type of pollution that can be easily traced

• A pollution source that is always man-made.

Slide 3:

Nonpoint sources of pollution are typically moved around by ______.

• Cranes

• Rainfall/runoff

• Animals

• Vehicles

Slide 4:

Which of the following is an example of a point source pollution?

• Urban runoff

• Agricultural runoff

• Emissions from smokestack of a coal power plant

• Sediment from construction areas.

Slide 4:

Fill in the blank: _______ runoff, which includes motor oil, nitrate fertilizer, road salt, and trash, is an example of nonpoint source pollution.

• Urban

• Agricultural

• Sediment

• Factory

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Slide 5:

What does the Clean Water Act require industries to obtain before discharging effluent into a body of water?

• A) A permit from the state and/or EPA

• B) A license from the local government

• C) A certificate from the health department

• D) A waiver from the federal government.

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Slide 5:

"They will also have to use effective technologies to treat the effluent to meet all EPA requirements before it can be discharged." Which is the best summary of this statement?

• Effluent is unregulated once a company has a permit

• Even with a permit, point sources need to be cleaned to certain levels

• Technology cannot clean pollution, so permits are irrelevant

• Pollution is bad and kills the whole ecosystem

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Slide 6:

Nonpoint sources are sometimes regulated through _______ (construction sites) and sometimes managed through programs that encourage _______ between private landowners and businesses.

• taxation, cooperation

• permitting, partnerships

• education, collaboration

• technology, innovation

Slide 7 & 8:

Which of these is the best overall summary of the ideas on slides 7 and 8?

• It is important to be vague when you don't know what you're talking about on FRQs because it always tricks the graders.

• It is better to talk about specific pollutants, their causes and effects, on FRQs.

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Slide 10:

Identify ONE point source of NOx emissions and ONE nonpoint source of NOx emissions.

• Point: a power plant

  Nonpoint: traffic

• Point: runoff

  Nonpoint: power plant

• Point: traffic

  Nonpoint: a power plant