Q.1
What can increase levels of nitrate in water?
  • sewage
  • pesticides
  • mining waste
  • all of these options
Q.2
Which of the following is an effect of an oil spill?
  • Many plants and animals die.
  • The fishing industry improves.
  • Plant life increases.
  • The oil cleans the beaches.
Q.3
During the Exxon oil spill, many marine animals were killed. Why?
  • The oil spilled into the ocean and poisoned the animals food.
  • The animals drank the oil from the ship's tank.
  • The oil was absorbed by the ocean.
  • Marine animals were not killed because they swam to safety.
Q.4
As individuals, which of the four causes of water pollution do we have the most power to change?
  • Chemical waste
  • Fertilisers
  • Untreated sewage
  • Discarded rubbish
Q.5
Planting trees, grass, or any plant to create a "natural fence" to protect water from pollutants
  • fertilizer
  • drought
  • vegetative buffer
  • infiltration
Q.6
Taking care of natural resources like water, or soil...
  • infiltration
  • point source pollution
  • conservation
  • erosion
Q.7
Small particles that is made up rocks, soil
  • river basin
  • impermeable
  • water
  • sediment
Q.8
Stewardship?
  • Protect the earths Resources
  • Such as an organization or property.
  • the job of supervising or taking care of something,
  • All of above
Q.9
What can be toxic?
  • coffee
  • water
  • juice
  • all of these options
Q.10
Which is a category of water pollution?
  • sediment
  • medical
  • food
  • dihydrogen monoxide
Q.11
Too much phosphate in water is what category of water pollution?
  • organic
  • inorganic
  • nutrient
  • heat
Q.12
What is true about eutrophication in lakes and other bodies of water?
  • it is always natural
  • it is always artificial
  • it can cause too much algae to grow
  • none of these are true
Q.13
Lead in water is what kind of water pollution category?
  • organic
  • inorganic
  • nutrient
  • disease-causing organisms
Q.14
Phosphate can get into water because of what substances causing water pollution?
  • cleaning products
  • fertilizer
  • sewage
  • all of these options
Q.15
Why do algae blooms happen?
  • there are too many nutrients in the water
  • there are too many fish in the water
  • there is not enough turbidity in the water
  • all of these options
Q.16
What is true about water pollution?
  • all water is polluted
  • there is a way to make water 100% pure
  • nutrients are not pollutants
  • all of these are true
Q.17
Another way to talk about water pollution is to talk about water ______
  • quantity
  • speed
  • quality
  • all of these options
Q.18
Water pollution can be
  • biological
  • temperature
  • physical
  • all of these
Q.19
Water regulations usually start around
  • parts per ten
  • parts per hundred
  • parts per thousand
  • parts per million
Q.20
The problem of Jaffrey Lake is based on
  • artificial eutrophication
  • natural eutrophication
  • not enough nutrients in the lake
  • too much dissolved oxygen in the lake
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