This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Water Pollution – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Water Pollution Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many people contract health issues do to water pollution. A) 1. B) 3.5 million. C) 6, 000. D) 4, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.5 million. 2. How many gallons of oil are used per year to supply plastic water bottles for just the United States of America? A) 55 billion gallons. B) 62 billion gallons. C) 63 billion gallons. D) 64 billion gallons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 63 billion gallons. 3. Overuse of Pesticides can cause ..... A) A reduction in biodiversity in natural systems. B) Fecal coliform in the water. C) Natural Pollution. D) Increased water quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A reduction in biodiversity in natural systems. 4. Which of the following is NOT a non point-source pollutant? A) Sediment loading from erosion. B) Runoff of pesticides from cropland. C) Animal wastes from feedlots. D) Fertilizer runoff from urban areas. E) A sewage treatment plant effluent pipe. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A sewage treatment plant effluent pipe. 5. Which of the following is NOT a major use of freshwater? A) Residential. B) Industrial. C) Agricultural. D) Clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clouds. 6. This law regulates the discharges of pollutants into all surface waters. Also, must have a permit to dump these pollutants. Also, requires certain steps in sewage treatment. A) Oil Pollution Act. B) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). C) Coastal zone management Act. D) Clean Water Act (CWA). E) Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clean Water Act (CWA). 7. Which is the best example of a point source pollution? A) Smoke from multiple industries in a large city. B) Runoff from fields. C) Oil spill from a boat on the Atlantic Ocean. D) Pesticides sprayed into the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil spill from a boat on the Atlantic Ocean. 8. All of these are examples of water pollution due to natural activities EXCEPT? (1:12) A) Storms/Floods. B) Animal Waste. C) Throwing Trash. D) Volcano eruptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Throwing Trash. 9. Which is not a major source of water pollution? A) Melting of ice caps. B) Industrial waste. C) Chemical runoff. D) Human waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melting of ice caps. 10. Eutrophication results in A) Sewage. B) Lower dissolved oxygen (DO). C) Lower IQ. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower dissolved oxygen (DO). 11. What are sources of water pollution? A) Agricultural sources. B) Chemicals. C) Offices. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural sources. 12. What are the main sources of water pollution? A) Plastic, Paper, and Metal. B) Snails in water. C) Help, there is a boot with a snake inside of it that somehow in the nearby lake. D) Agriculture, Industry, and Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture, Industry, and Community. 13. What is the majority of the water in the world used for? A) Residential. B) Industrial. C) Aquatic Recreation. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture. 14. Cold water coming up from the bottom of the ocean and bringing nutrients A) Upwelling. B) Hydrothermal vents. C) Salinity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upwelling. 15. Using the pesticides like DDT may cause: A) Eutrophication. B) Healthier teeth. C) No effects on the environment. D) Bird's egg shells to be thinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bird's egg shells to be thinner. 16. Which of the following types of pollutants would be least likely to accelerate the process of eutrophication? A) Inorganic Pollution. B) Nutrient Pollution. C) Sewage Pollution. D) Sediment Pollution. E) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inorganic Pollution. 17. Which pollutant or pollutants are most likely to create eutrophic areas? A) Nitrates and phosphates. B) Heavy metals. C) Synthetic organic compounds. D) Pharmaceuticals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrates and phosphates. 18. Which of the following is mainly responsible for the causes of water pollution? A) Afforestation. B) Oil refineries. C) Paper factories. D) Both b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both b and c. 19. How waste is produced by domestic sources? A) Water used in cleaning vegetables. B) Sewage that contain both living and non-living sources. C) Running tap water. D) Water containing dust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sewage that contain both living and non-living sources. 20. What human activity is the primary source of Acid Rain? A) Industrial agriculture. B) Burning coal. C) Transportation. D) Using aerosol spray cans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burning coal. 21. Which of the following is not true of sediment pollution? A) Causes a decrease in photosynthesis. B) Leads to a decrease in turbidity of water. C) Is usually a result of human caused erosion. D) Can bring toxic materials from soil to bodies of water. E) ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leads to a decrease in turbidity of water. 22. Where does our storm water end up? A) In the bathtub. B) In the ocean. C) On the roof. D) In the toilet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the ocean. 23. Which is true about water pollution? A) Kills organisms. B) Helps organisms. C) Keeps the food chain stable. D) Produces more plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kills organisms. 24. What does UV light do in the water treatment? A) It makes the water clean. B) It just go thur the water and does noughting. C) It sucks up water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It makes the water clean. 25. ..... is water waste that comes from many different sources. A) Point source. B) Biomagnification. C) Waste water. D) Non-point source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-point source. 26. When the cause of pollution can be traced to a single source this is called A) Root pollution. B) Point source pollution. C) Origin source pollution. D) Nonpoint source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point source pollution. 27. A industrial powerplant dumps its heated wastewater straight from a pipe into a stream. This is an example of- A) Nonpointsource pollution. B) Riparian pollutionflooding in the local aquifer. C) Point source pollution. D) Eutrophic pollutionover-treated drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point source pollution. 28. ..... washes agricultural wastes, including animal wastes, fertilizers, and pesticides, into bodies of water, causing algae to grow. A) Municipal sewage. B) Peak flow. C) Groundwater. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Runoff. 29. How many types of water pollution are there? A) 3. B) 4. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 30. Which of the following is a known endocrine disruptor that is found in many of our waterways in the U.S.? A) Atrazine. B) Mercury. C) Nitrate. D) BOD. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atrazine. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesWater Pollution Quiz 1Water Pollution Quiz 2Water Pollution Quiz 3Water Pollution Quiz 4Water Pollution Quiz 5Water Pollution Quiz 6Water Pollution Quiz 7Water Pollution Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books