This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Water Pollution – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Water Pollution Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Water produced by livestock operations and human activities, including human sewage from toilets and gray water from bathing and washing of clothes and dishes. A) Leach feild. B) Sludge. C) Septage. D) Wastewater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wastewater. 2. Water with a pH of 14 is A) Basic. B) Acidic. C) Neutral. D) Safe to drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basic. 3. What are the main sources of water pollution in India? A) Municipal sewage. B) Bathing. C) Industrial discharge. D) Both a and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and c. 4. Water that contains waste from industry or homes A) Biomagnification. B) Water pollution. C) Artificial eutrophication. D) Wastewater. E) Thermal pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wastewater. 5. Water pollution can damage ..... A) Ecosystems. B) Habitats. C) Foodchains. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain A) Wastewater. B) Thermal pollution. C) Biomagnification. D) Artificial eutrophication. E) Water pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biomagnification. 7. Warmer water tends to have A) More dissolved oxygen. B) Less phosphate. C) Less nitrate. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 8. The water found in cracks and pores in sand, gravel and rocks below the surface A) Sediment. B) Surface water. C) Ocean water. D) Ground water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ground water. 9. ..... is the contamination of air, land, and water. A) Conservation. B) Ecology. C) Pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution. 10. Which is NOT a harmful change? A) Plant flowers. B) Cut down trees. C) Pollute the water. D) Pollute the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plant flowers. 11. Phosphate can get into water because of what substances causing water pollution? A) Cleaning products. B) Fertilizer. C) Sewage. D) All of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these options. 12. What is stewardship? A) A person who looks after the passengers on a ship, aircraft, or train and brings them meals. B) Responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation. C) A person employed to manage another's property. D) A person whose responsibility it is to take care of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation. 13. Ellie and Cody threw 789 Tootsie Roll rappers in the Big Sioux River. What would this be called? A) Land pollution. B) Air pollution. C) Water pollution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water pollution. 14. The Clean Air Act was originally passed in? A) 1972. B) 1952. C) 1963. D) 1990. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1963. 15. Pollution occurs when people release, dump, leak, spill, or ..... the environment around us. A) Litter. B) Preserve. C) Save. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litter. 16. Who pollutes the ocean the most? A) Marine Animals. B) Humans. C) Land Animals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humans. 17. What equipment is used to bring groundwater to the surface for people to use? A) Sink. B) Aquifer. C) Well. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Well. 18. This law sets physical, chemical, and biological water quality standards for surface waters in the US A) Coastal zone management Act. B) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). C) Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). D) Clean Water Act (CWA). E) Oil Pollution Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clean Water Act (CWA). 19. A measure of how clear water is A) Eutrophication. B) Turbidity. C) Dissolved oxygen. D) PH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turbidity. 20. What is true about eutrophication in lakes and other bodies of water? A) It is always natural. B) It is always artificial. C) It can cause too much algae to grow. D) None of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It can cause too much algae to grow. 21. Where does "thermal pollution" come from? A) Precipitation. B) Houses. C) Business buildings. D) Power plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Power plants. 22. Why is water getting polluted? A) Water is getting polluted because of acid rain. B) Water is getting polluted because of the pollutants that pollute the water. C) Water is getting polluted because of deforestation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water is getting polluted because of the pollutants that pollute the water. 23. Name a way we see pollution A) A dog sitting on the porch. B) Oil spilled in the water. C) Seedlings beginning to grow. D) Butterflies in the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oil spilled in the water. 24. The leaking or spilling of chemicals or raw sewage into a body of water is ..... pollution. A) Air. B) Water. C) Land. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 25. What was the worst oil spill in U.S. History? A) Exxon. B) BP. C) Mega Borg. D) Valdez. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BP. 26. How long can blue whales stay under water? A) Half an hour. B) 1 hour. C) 10 minutes. D) 1 and a half hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Half an hour. 27. Why is untreated (raw) sewage dangerous to aquatic ecosystems? A) It contains heavy metals. B) It contains plastics which are not biodegradable. C) It contains high quantities of the minerals needed for plant growth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It contains high quantities of the minerals needed for plant growth. 28. Which type of pollution is the only type of pollution that we can sometimes see? (Excluding Oil Spills) A) Bacterial. B) Nutrients. C) Sediment. D) Toxins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sediment. 29. Water stored below the Earth's surface is called: A) Groundwater. B) Bogs. C) Water in the ground. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Groundwater. 30. What is the definition of water pollution? A) Dumping stuff in the water. B) Any physical or chemical change in water that adversely affects the health of humans and other organisms. C) Something that makes the water smell bad. D) Artificial chemicals added to the water that may make the water look bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any physical or chemical change in water that adversely affects the health of humans and other organisms. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesWater Pollution Quiz 1Water Pollution Quiz 2Water Pollution Quiz 3Water Pollution Quiz 4Water Pollution Quiz 6Water Pollution Quiz 7Water Pollution Quiz 8Water Pollution Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books