Wetland Ecosystem Functions and Pollution

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

• Thermal pollution

• Chemical pollution

• Biological pollution

Can be traced back to the point of origin.

• Point Source Pollution

• Non-point source pollution

Power plants cool hot water pipes in a local river

• Point

• Non-Point

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Snow melts in parking lots and carries oils into nearby waterways

• Point

• Non-Point

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Cattle ranches allow livestock to feed along streams

• Point

• Non-Point

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A wetland is like a sponge because it

• absorbs flood water
• cleans water
• provides habitat

Which of the following is a reason why wetlands are important?

• It acts as a filtering system
• It's a place where birds die
• It lets water pass through

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What benefit does the plants slowing down the flow of water through a wetland cause?

• They filter water
• They provide habitat
• The provide nutrients

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What's one way humans have negatively altered wetlands?

• What's one way humans have negatively altered wetlands?

• building construction

• removing vegetation

• All of the above

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The main reason that surface water pollution has largely decreased in the United States since 1950 is

• The Clean Water Act

• A series of epidemics that inspired action

• The discovery of newer technology that makes it cheaper not to pollute

• The decrease in water withdrawal for industrial uses