Water Pollution Quiz 14 (25 MCQs)

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1. What is the majority of the water in the world used for?

2. Cold water coming up from the bottom of the ocean and bringing nutrients

3. Using the pesticides like DDT may cause:

4. Which of the following types of pollutants would be least likely to accelerate the process of eutrophication?

5. Which pollutant or pollutants are most likely to create eutrophic areas?

6. How waste is produced by domestic sources?

7. What human activity is the primary source of Acid Rain?

8. Which of the following is not true of sediment pollution?

9. Where does our storm water end up?

10. Which is true about water pollution?

11. What does UV light do in the water treatment?

12. _____ is water waste that comes from many different sources.

13. When the cause of pollution can be traced to a single source this is called

14. How many types of water pollution are there?

15. Which of the following is a known endocrine disruptor that is found in many of our waterways in the U.S.?

16. _____ is like throwing waste in a landfill but in water instead.

17. Pollutants are introduced into surface or ground water without a specific location source.

18. Most incidents of pollution are deliberately caused by _____

19. Pollution hanging over urban areas that causes reduced visibility and can cause illness or difficulty breathing is called

20. Tertiary treatment of wastewater

21. What do you call the source of pollutants that comes from sediments, fertilizers and farm animal wastes.

22. In an oil spill, animals get covered resulting in _____

23. The presence of which in the soil is most likely to neutralize acid rain?

24. What was found in the Flint water system?

25. Cow feces is washed into a river. What kind of pollution is this?