Unit 2 Aquatic Terrestrial Pollution Test Review

Which of the following examples includes both a point and a nonpoint source of pollution?

• A factory smokestack and a sewage overflow
• Runoff from city streets and pesticides from agricultural fields
• Waste from animal feedlots and sediment from construction sites
• Fertilizer from suburban lawns and wastewater from a water treatment plant

Coral Reefs are so important because they provide biodiversity, habitat, Shore Protection, tourism, a food Source and medicines

• True
• False

When oil from an oil spill reaches the coastline and washes up on beaches it infiltrates the sand and creates something called...

• tar balls
• dispersants
• oil booms
• sticky sauce
• black gold

Which of the following best describes the action of an endocrine disruptor? .

• (A) An endocrine disruptor attacks hormones that invade a body system and cause disease.
• (B) An endocrine disruptor blocks the receptor protein binding site of a hormone so that the cell cannot receive a signal.
• (C) An endocrine disruptor acts as an organic catalyst, produced by living things to regulate the rate of chemical reactions.
• (D) An endocrine disruptor helps to transport substances, such as pesticides, in an organism following exposure.

Which of these is a non lethal effect that endocrine disruptors have on living things?

• High sperm count
• feminization of females
• birth defects
• all of these are lethal

Endocrine disruptors directly affect which of the following in an organism?

• (A) White blood cells
• (B) Hormones
• (C) Iron content
• (D) Oxygen levels

All of the following are threats to Mangroves and Wetlands EXCCEPT.

• Commercial development
• Dam construction
• Overharvesting
• Shoreline Stabilization
• Pollutants from agriculture and industrial waste

All of the following are Ecological Services of Wetlands EXCCEPT.

• Flood Control
• Shoreline Stabilization
• Habitat and Nursery
• Storm Protection
• Overharvesting

MC- Check all that apply. (4) What are the sources of Eutrophication?

• Sewage
• Detergents
• Ferilizer
• Runoff
• Increasing recycling

What happens to dissolved oxygen as the temperature increases?

• Dissolved Oxygen also increases.
• Dissolved Oxygen decreases as the temperature increases.
• Dissolved Oxygen doesn't change based on increased temperature
• Dissolved Oxygen is always constant