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Water Pollution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Can be traced back to the point of origin.

a)

Point Source Pollution

b)

Non-point source pollution

2.

Cannot easily be traced to the source of the pollution.

a)

Point Source Pollution

b)

Non-point source pollution

3.

Pollution that comes from a single source

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

4.

Pollution that comes from MANY different places and is hard to identify its source.

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

5.

A ship carrying gasoline runs into shore and spills large amount of gasoline.

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

6.

Containers at a food processing plant leaking fat and animal juices

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

7.

Disposing of paint and other household hazardous materials down the drain

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

8.

Acid Rain

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

9.

Power plants cool hot water pipes in a local river

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

10.

Snow melts in parking lots and carries oils into nearby waterways

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

11.

Chemicals released from an Industrial Plant directly into a river

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

12.

Washing your car in your driveway

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

13.

Cattle ranches allow livestock to feed along streams

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

14.

Construction sites sediments wash away into a stream.

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

15.

Litter on city streets washes away during a storm

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

16.

______________________ is water pollution/waste that comes from many different sources.

a)
biomagnification
b)
point source pollution
c)
nonpoint source pollution
d)
wastewater
17.

______________________ is water waste/pollution discharge from a single source.

a)
nonpoint source pollution
b)
wastewater
c)
point source pollution
d)
pathogen
18.
______________________ is water that is beneath the earth’s surface in sediment or rock formation.
a)
watershed
b)
water pollution
c)
wastewater
d)
groundwater
19.

What can happen to fish when there is not enough oxygen in the water?

a)

They can suffocate

b)

They can't float

c)

They can't see.

d)

Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.

20.

Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain.

a)

water pollution

b)

thermal pollution

c)

biomagnification

d)

artificial eutrophication