This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Water Pollution – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Water Pollution Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... decreases water quality but is made by air pollution mixing with water. A) Pesticides. B) Wastewater. C) Nutrients. D) Acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acid rain. 2. Pollution that cannot be traced to a single point because comes from many sources A) Water shed. B) Estuary. C) Non point source pollution. D) Point source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non point source pollution. 3. How does plastic end up reaching and entering the ocean from land? A) Littering in towns and cities. B) Dumpsites near waterways and oceans. C) People littering on beaches. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Pollution from a nuclear reactor explosion is A) Industrial Waste. B) Oil Pollution. C) Nuclear Waste. D) Sewage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear Waste. 5. ..... is stored in the spaces between soil and rock beneath the Earth's surface. A) Salt water. B) Runoff. C) Groundwater. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Groundwater. 6. Which of the following indicates that a body of water is contaminated with human wastewater? A) Low BOD and a fecal coliform bacteria level of 0. B) High levels of nutrients, such as N and P and high BOD. C) Low BOD and low levels of nutrients such as N and P. D) A lack of dead zones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High levels of nutrients, such as N and P and high BOD. 7. Who is the main cause of water pollution? A) Animals. B) Humans. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humans. 8. Another way to stop water pollution is. A) Do math. B) Leave trash on the ground. C) Go home. D) Don't pour your motor oil down the storm drain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't pour your motor oil down the storm drain. 9. Nutrients and chemicals can get into water because of what ..... which causes water pollution. A) Agriculture. B) Fertilizer. C) Sewage. D) All of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these options. 10. Thermal pollution effects aquatic organisms in all of the ways below except: A) ?. B) Increases respiration. C) Reduces DO in the water. D) Causes thermal shock. E) Increases sedimentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Increases sedimentation. 11. Joggers running along an urban running path noticed paint running out of a culvert into a nearby creek. Local authorities investigated and found that some homeowners had painted the outside of their home and dumped the extra paint down a storm drain. They were fined. What type of water pollution did they cause? A) Bacterial. B) Toxic. C) Sediment. D) Nutrient. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toxic. 12. An underground tank containing bacteria that treat waste water is a A) Septic tank. B) Leach field. C) Water treatment plant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Septic tank. 13. What can cause pollution in our water? A) Sewage. B) Pesticides. C) Mining waste. D) All of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these options. 14. What is a Non-Point source Pollution? A) Damaged Sewer Pipe or system. B) Soil from farms. C) Acid rain. D) Salts from irrigation of farm fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil from farms. 15. Which of the following is a non-point source of water pollution A) BP refiner in Indiana discharging ammonia in a river. B) Runoff of pesticides from regional farms into the Illinois River. C) Hot water discharges from a nuclear power plant. D) Effluent from a sewage treatment plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Runoff of pesticides from regional farms into the Illinois River. 16. Nonpoint sources of toxic chemicals that pollute water include: A) Runoff from parking lots. B) Runoff from farms. C) Storm drains. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 17. Differences in the moon's and sun's pull on different sides of the Earth cause ..... A) Tides. B) Dabbing. C) Gravity. D) Lunar phases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tides. 18. This type of pollution occurs when live or dead organisms are added to water supplies A) Chemical pollution. B) Thermal pollution. C) Biological pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological pollution. 19. Which of the following are sources of groundwater pollution? I landfills II saltwater intrusion III subsurface gasoline tanks A) I only. B) I and III. C) I, II and III. D) II, and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I and III. 20. The cause of desertification are A) Draught. B) Overgrazing. C) Deforestation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 21. How do toxins in fish affect humans? A) We eat them. B) They swim with us. C) They don't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We eat them. 22. All of the following can happen to an adjacent river as a result of deforestation EXCEPT: A) The water temperature will decrease. B) Dissolved oxygen in the water will decrease. C) Soil erosion will lead to increased turbidity. D) More pollutants such as animal waste and nutrients in soil or fertilizers will runoff into the water. E) Increase in sediment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The water temperature will decrease. 23. The chemical, biological, and physical status of a body of water. A) Bioindicators. B) Water quality. C) Nonpoint-source pollution. D) Point-source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water quality. 24. Nitrogen and Phosphorus fit into which category of water pollution? A) Nutrients. B) Sediments. C) Bacteria. D) Toxins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nutrients. 25. Which of the following is NOT an example of point-source pollution A) Oil that is escaping from a damaged tanker. B) Heavy metals that are leaching out of an underground mine. C) Water runoff from residential lawns. D) Untreated sewage that is accidentally released from a wastewater treatment plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water runoff from residential lawns. 26. Which act allows us to fish and swim in clean surface water? A) 1972 Clean Water Act. B) 1975 Safe Drinking Water Act. C) 1987 Water Quality Act. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1972 Clean Water Act. 27. ..... is water waste discharge from a single source. A) Waste water. B) Non-point source pollution. C) Point source pollution. D) Pathogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point source pollution. 28. When a toxin is introduced to a food chain, the negative affect will get worse as you go up trophic levels. (mice affected a little, hawks affected a lot). This describes ..... A) Biomagnification. B) Overexploitation. C) Eutrophication. D) Bioremediation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomagnification. 29. An area of land where the surface water and ground water drain into a particular body of water (ex:a river). A) Subsidence. B) Watershed. C) Aquifer. D) Divide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watershed. 30. What is turbidity? A) How much phosphate water has. B) How much oxygen water has. C) How clear the water is. D) How much nitrate water has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How clear the water is. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesWater Pollution Quiz 1Water Pollution Quiz 2Water Pollution Quiz 4Water Pollution Quiz 5Water Pollution Quiz 6Water Pollution Quiz 7Water Pollution Quiz 8Water Pollution Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books