Water Pollution Key

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Name: _______________________________________________

1. What is watershed?
A. A place to store water.
B. An area of land that drains into a larger water body.
C. An area of sandy soil that collects pollutants.
D. Stationary wetlands that act as a sponge.

2. The boundaries of a watershed are areas of ____________________ elevation.

A. Low
B. High
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the above

3. Which of the following cannot be affected by water pollution

A. Groundwater
B. Lakes
C. Oceans
D. None of the above

4. Water pollution is mainly caused by natural factors.

A. Yes
B. No

5. What is nonpoint source pollution?

A. Pollution that occurs over a wide area and enters streams in water that
runs off from fields, parking lots, and other surfaces.
B. The process of filtering pollutants out of fresh water.
C. Pollution that can be traced to a particular place, such as an open pipe
that drains into a body of water.
D. Pollution that results in many pollutants coming together.

6. When neighborhood residents noticed a large number of dead fish in a

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local creek, they traced the problem to a nearby gas station. It turned out
that a tank of antifreeze had developed a leak. This is an example of
A. Point pollution
B. Nonpoint pollution
C. Thermal pollution
D. Ground water pollution

7. Which of the following is the most likely source of point pollution?

A. Animal wastes that wash away from parks located in a specific city.
B. Leakage of radioactive waste from a secure landfill covering many
acres.
C. Runoff of fertilizer applied to lawns by a single lawn-care company.
D. Sewage containing household chemicals from one housing subdivision

8. Which of the following offers a way to control nonpoint pollution?

A. Restricting the types of trash buried in a city's only landfill.
B. Refusing to issue new permits for septic tank systems.
C. Collecting livestock wastes in storage pits for treatment.
D. Upgrading the requirements for underground storage tanks.