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1.
All of the following are a part of the secondary treatment at a sewage treatment plant EXCEPT
A) Bacteria consume oxygen.
B) Coffee grounds are filtered out.
C) Water is released into the ocean.
D) Chlorine is added to disinfect the water.
2.
Some communities have banned detergents containing high levels of phosphates because
A) phosphates cause chemical reactions that raise the temperature of river and lake water, disrupting ecosystems.
B) phosphates are not efficient cleansers.
C) excessive phosphates in lakes may begin a process that causes fish to suffocate and die.
D) phosphates kill algae and disrupt normal food webs in lakes.
3.
All of the following are possible results of plastic trash accumulating in the ocean EXCEPT
A) Turtles mistake clear plastic bags for jellyfish and die of intestinal blockage.
B) Sea birds are strangled by plastic six-pack rings.
C) Sea mammals such as seals become entangled in clear plastic fishing lines and drown.
D) Tuna are found with high mercury levels in their bodies.
4.
All of the following are examples of point-source pollution EXCEPT
A) Marcus does not realize his car is leaking oil on city streets and in parking lots.
B) Some of the animal waste from a Kansas feedlot is washed into a nearby stream.
C) Jennifer changes the oil in her car and dumps the old oil into the nearest storm drain.
D) A chemical manufacturing plant is illegally piping wastewater directly into a nearby lake.
5.
Water that contains waste from homes and industry is called
A) phloem.
B) wastewater.
C) brown water.
D) fertilizer.
6.
The effects of water pollution on ecosystems
A) are always immediate and highly lethal.
B) result mostly from point-source pollution sources.
C) can magnify over time within food chains.
D) can be demonstrated by natural eutrophication.
7.
Which act strengthened the laws against dumping waste in U.S. waters?
A) Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act
B) Clean Water Act
C) Water Quality Act
D) National Waste Removal Act
8.
How much trash is dumped into the ocean by cruise ships in one year?
A) Roughly 1 billion kilograms
B) Almost 3 billion kilograms
C) Almost 7 billion kilograms
D) Over 10 billion kilograms
9.
The 1990 Oil Pollution Act requires that all
A) underground storage facilities be constructed of composite materials.
B) tankers on U.S. waterways be double hulled by the year 2015.
C) oil used in the United States be recycled.
D) leaking underground storage facilities be repaired in 90 days.
10.
Most of the pollutants in the ocean come from
A) commercial boats and personal watercraft.
B) spills from oil tankers.
C) activities on land.
D) leaking underground storage facilities.
11.
The 1993 outbreak of Cryptosporidium parvum occurred when
A) water treatment plants became overburdened.
B) toxic sewage sludge was not disposed of carefully.
C) acid precipitation contaminated water sources.
D) agricultural runoff contaminated water sources.
12.
A common feature of thermal pollution and artificial eutrophication is that they both
A) have sources that are difficult to identify and control.
B) cause large mats of algae to bloom in freshwater.
C) are a result of power plants and other industrial activity.
D) decrease the amount of oxygen dissolved in water.
13.
__________ is the accelerated build-up of nutrients in a body of water caused by humans.
A) Eutrophication
B) Thermalization
C) Artificial eutrophication
D) Biomagnification
14.
The introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water is called
A) acid rain.
B) water pollution.
C) biomagnifications.
D) bioremediation.
15.
When the temperature of a lake or stream increases, what form of water pollution can occur?
A) Wastewater pollution
B) Heat pollution
C) Inorganic pollution
D) Thermal pollution
16.
When neighborhood residents noticed a large number of dead fish in a local creek, they traced the problem to a nearby gas station. It turned out that a gasoline tank had developed a leak. This is an example of
A) point-source pollution.
B) nonpoint-source pollution.
C) thermal pollution.
D) groundwater pollution.
17.
Fertilizer from farms, lawns, and gardens is the largest source of nutrients that cause
A) natural eutrophication.
B) thermal pollution.
C) biomagnification.
D) artificial eutrophication.
18.
Pesticides, detergents and, plastics are pollutants that are classified as
A) physical agents.
B) organic chemicals.
C) inorganic chemicals.
D) organic matter.
19.
Disease-causing bacteria and viruses that can contaminate a water supply are classified as
A) pathogens.
B) physical agents.
C) organic matter.
D) organic chemicals.
20.
Water pollution that washes into storm sewers from many places, such as parking lots and lawns, is known as
A) weather pollution.
B) thermal pollution.
C) point-source pollution.
D) nonpoint-source pollution.
All of the following are a part of the secondary treatment at a sewage treatment plant EXCEPT
A) Bacteria consume oxygen.
B) Coffee grounds are filtered out.
C) Water is released into the ocean.
D) Chlorine is added to disinfect the water.
2.
Some communities have banned detergents containing high levels of phosphates because
A) phosphates cause chemical reactions that raise the temperature of river and lake water, disrupting ecosystems.
B) phosphates are not efficient cleansers.
C) excessive phosphates in lakes may begin a process that causes fish to suffocate and die.
D) phosphates kill algae and disrupt normal food webs in lakes.
3.
All of the following are possible results of plastic trash accumulating in the ocean EXCEPT
A) Turtles mistake clear plastic bags for jellyfish and die of intestinal blockage.
B) Sea birds are strangled by plastic six-pack rings.
C) Sea mammals such as seals become entangled in clear plastic fishing lines and drown.
D) Tuna are found with high mercury levels in their bodies.
4.
All of the following are examples of point-source pollution EXCEPT
A) Marcus does not realize his car is leaking oil on city streets and in parking lots.
B) Some of the animal waste from a Kansas feedlot is washed into a nearby stream.
C) Jennifer changes the oil in her car and dumps the old oil into the nearest storm drain.
D) A chemical manufacturing plant is illegally piping wastewater directly into a nearby lake.
5.
Water that contains waste from homes and industry is called
A) phloem.
B) wastewater.
C) brown water.
D) fertilizer.
6.
The effects of water pollution on ecosystems
A) are always immediate and highly lethal.
B) result mostly from point-source pollution sources.
C) can magnify over time within food chains.
D) can be demonstrated by natural eutrophication.
7.
Which act strengthened the laws against dumping waste in U.S. waters?
A) Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act
B) Clean Water Act
C) Water Quality Act
D) National Waste Removal Act
8.
How much trash is dumped into the ocean by cruise ships in one year?
A) Roughly 1 billion kilograms
B) Almost 3 billion kilograms
C) Almost 7 billion kilograms
D) Over 10 billion kilograms
9.
The 1990 Oil Pollution Act requires that all
A) underground storage facilities be constructed of composite materials.
B) tankers on U.S. waterways be double hulled by the year 2015.
C) oil used in the United States be recycled.
D) leaking underground storage facilities be repaired in 90 days.
10.
Most of the pollutants in the ocean come from
A) commercial boats and personal watercraft.
B) spills from oil tankers.
C) activities on land.
D) leaking underground storage facilities.
11.
The 1993 outbreak of Cryptosporidium parvum occurred when
A) water treatment plants became overburdened.
B) toxic sewage sludge was not disposed of carefully.
C) acid precipitation contaminated water sources.
D) agricultural runoff contaminated water sources.
12.
A common feature of thermal pollution and artificial eutrophication is that they both
A) have sources that are difficult to identify and control.
B) cause large mats of algae to bloom in freshwater.
C) are a result of power plants and other industrial activity.
D) decrease the amount of oxygen dissolved in water.
13.
__________ is the accelerated build-up of nutrients in a body of water caused by humans.
A) Eutrophication
B) Thermalization
C) Artificial eutrophication
D) Biomagnification
14.
The introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water is called
A) acid rain.
B) water pollution.
C) biomagnifications.
D) bioremediation.
15.
When the temperature of a lake or stream increases, what form of water pollution can occur?
A) Wastewater pollution
B) Heat pollution
C) Inorganic pollution
D) Thermal pollution
16.
When neighborhood residents noticed a large number of dead fish in a local creek, they traced the problem to a nearby gas station. It turned out that a gasoline tank had developed a leak. This is an example of
A) point-source pollution.
B) nonpoint-source pollution.
C) thermal pollution.
D) groundwater pollution.
17.
Fertilizer from farms, lawns, and gardens is the largest source of nutrients that cause
A) natural eutrophication.
B) thermal pollution.
C) biomagnification.
D) artificial eutrophication.
18.
Pesticides, detergents and, plastics are pollutants that are classified as
A) physical agents.
B) organic chemicals.
C) inorganic chemicals.
D) organic matter.
19.
Disease-causing bacteria and viruses that can contaminate a water supply are classified as
A) pathogens.
B) physical agents.
C) organic matter.
D) organic chemicals.
20.
Water pollution that washes into storm sewers from many places, such as parking lots and lawns, is known as
A) weather pollution.
B) thermal pollution.
C) point-source pollution.
D) nonpoint-source pollution.