This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Water Pollution – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Water Pollution Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A hole dug into an aquifer to reach groundwater is called ..... A) A well. B) An aquitard/aquiclude. C) A recharge zone. D) A water table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A well. 2. About 97% of the water on Earth is ..... A) Salt water. B) Fresh water. C) Ice. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salt water. 3. What is true about the three R's A) Reuse-A plastic water bottle into a flower. B) Recycle-Don't recycle anything. C) Reuse-you cant reuse a shopping bag and make it into some thing new. D) The three r's are all bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reuse-A plastic water bottle into a flower. 4. How does an oil spill affect birds in particular? A) Makes feathers slippery. B) Makes them unable to fly. C) Makes them unable to perform acts to catch food. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. Which of the following is an effect of an oil spill? A) Many plants and animals die. B) The fishing industry improves. C) Plant life increases. D) The oil cleans the beaches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Many plants and animals die. 6. What do you call the source of pollutant that comes from home and commercial establishments A) Industrial. B) Shipping Vessels. C) Domestic. D) Chemical Wastes. E) Agricultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Domestic. 7. Which best describes leaching A) Water flows through soil, landfills, or other areas dissolving materials and carrying it with the water to lower levels. B) Acid rain is formed when water flows through a coal mine. C) The use of drip irrigation. D) A friend constantly borrows money but never pays it back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water flows through soil, landfills, or other areas dissolving materials and carrying it with the water to lower levels. 8. Instead of using his bike to go to places, a college student uses his car. What type of pollution would this cause? A) Nutrient. B) Bacterial. C) Toxic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toxic. 9. Which ocean is largest and deepest? A) Indian. B) Arctic. C) Atlantic. D) Pacific. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pacific. 10. Created because of Love Canal, mandated Superfund sites A) Brownfields. B) Clean Water Act. C) RCRA. D) CERCLA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CERCLA. 11. Who is in charge of monitoring the quality of our water? A) CBS. B) NBA. C) NWF. D) EPA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) EPA. 12. Pollution source that cannot be traced to a single point because comes from many sources A) Nonpoint source pollution. B) Thermal. C) Point source pollution. D) Toxic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonpoint source pollution. 13. What is water pollution? A) Pollution that comes from water. B) There is not such thing as this ''water pollution" . C) Pollution that comes from land or air that ends up in the ocean. D) Fire and water together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution that comes from land or air that ends up in the ocean. 14. Water regulations usually start around A) Parts per ten. B) Parts per hundred. C) Parts per thousand. D) Parts per million. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parts per million. 15. Which hazardous material is known to cause cancer? A) Perchlorates. B) PCBs. C) Mercury. D) DDT. E) Lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PCBs. 16. One reason polluted groundwater pollution is difficult to clean is that A) The location of underground storage tanks is not always known. B) Pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers. C) Runoff contaminates the water supply. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers. 17. Where is the majority (>60%) of the world's surface freshwater? A) Canada. B) Near unpopulated areas. C) In large cities. D) On islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near unpopulated areas. 18. What is cultural eutrophication? A) Large scale oil spills in environmentally sensitive areas. B) Addition of fecal coliform bacteria to a body of water. C) Anthropogenic addition of nutrients to a body of water. D) Active decomposition of dissolved oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anthropogenic addition of nutrients to a body of water. 19. Sedimentation of water A) Increases the amount of photosynthesis. B) Results in decreased nutrients availability. C) Clogs the gills of some aquatic animals. D) Is primarily due to industrialization. E) Decreases the solubility of oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clogs the gills of some aquatic animals. 20. In a residence, how is most (26%) of the water used? A) Dishwasher. B) Toilet. C) Faucet. D) Bath/shower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toilet. 21. Humans affect watersheds and wetlands by: A) Polluting. B) Destroying. C) Overbuilding. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 22. Any change in the design, manufacture, purchase, or use of materials or products to reduce their amount or toxicity before they become municipal solid waste; also the reuse of products or materials A) Source reduction. B) Surface impoundment. C) Hazardous waste. D) Leachate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Source reduction. 23. All of these are water pollution caused by human activities EXCEPT? A) Fossil fuel combustion. B) Using pesticides and chemical fertilizers. C) Animal waste. D) Leakage from sewer lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Animal waste. 24. The Clean Water Act is a ..... law in the United States that regulates water pollution. A) Interstellar. B) State. C) Local. D) Federal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Federal. 25. Which is NOT true of acid deposition? A) It can occur as a result of mining. B) It is treated using limestone. C) It is primarily due to the burning of coal. D) It is lethal to many aquatic organisms. E) It causes increased solubility of many ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can occur as a result of mining. 26. A factory is an example of ..... pollution. A) Non-point source. B) Point source. C) Something that is not. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point source. 27. What causes depletion of oxygen during eutrophication? A) Increase of animals eating surface plants. B) Excessive growth of plants on the surface. C) Death of fish. D) Death of plants beneath the surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death of plants beneath the surface. 28. Approximately what percent of the oil in marine waters worldwide is due to natural causes? A) 60 percent. B) 35 percent. C) 45 percent. D) 20 percent. E) 5 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 45 percent. 29. What percentage of Earth is covered by oceans? A) 3%. B) 1%. C) 70%. D) 97%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 70%. 30. Water pollution that does not have a specific point of origin. Runoff from land and roads. A) Point Source Pollution. B) Nitrates. C) Eutrophication. D) Non-Point Source Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-Point Source Pollution. ← 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