Types of Water Pollution 1
Types of Water Pollution 2
Water Quality Today 1
Water Quality Today 2
Lecture Review
100

This is the term for any physical or chemical change in water that adversely affects the health of humans and other organisms.

What is water pollution?

100

This occurs when industries release heated water and increase the temperature of a body of water unnaturally 

What is thermal pollution?

100

This is water pollution that can be traced to a specific origin.

What is point source pollution?

100

This is a term for when pollutants enter bodies of water over large areas rather than being concentrated at a single point of entry.

What is nonpoint source pollution?

100

This is an excessive amount of suspended soil particles in water that limits light penetration.

What is sediment pollution?

200

These are two of the eight types of water pollution. 

What is sewage, disease-causing agents, sediment pollution, inorganic plant and algal nutrients, organic compounds, inorganic chemicals, radioactive substances, or thermal pollution?

200

This is a section of ocean or sea in which oxygen has been depleted to the point that most animals/bacteria cannot survive; caused by runoff and chemical fertilizers of plant/animal wastes.

What is a dead zone?

200

This type of chemistry is designed to reduce or halt the use and production of hazardous substances.

What is green chemistry?

200

These are the three major sources of water pollution.

What are agriculture, municipalities, and industries?

200

This is the process through which bodies of water acquire high concentrations of nutrients.

What is eutrophication?

300

This is the amount of oxygen microorganisms need to decompose biological wastes into CO2, water, and minerals.

What is biochemical oxygen demand?

300

These are contaminants that contain elements other than carbon; like acids, salt and heavy metals.

What are inorganic chemicals?

300

This is the leading source of water quality impairment of surface water nationwide.

What is agriculture?

300

This occurs when heavy rainfall and large snowmelt combine to overflow into nearby waterways without treatment.

What is combined sewer overflow?

300

This term refers to the amount of oxygen needed to decompose organic material.

What is Biological Oxygen Demand?

400

Name two of the most common bacterial diseases that are transmitted through contaminated food and water.

What is typhoid, cholera, bacterial dysentery, polio, and hepatitis?

400

These release the largest amounts of mercury into the environment.

What are coal power plants?

400

Name two types of water pollutants when it comes to industrial waste.

What are food processing and paper mills?

400

This program focuses on the study of pesticides and their degradation products.

What is the National Water Quality Assessment Program?

400

This is spread by ingesting food or water contaminated with pathogenic feces 

What is waterborne disease?

500

This is the oldest and deepest lake experiencing algal blooms believed to be the product of insufficient wastewater treatment.

What is Lake Baikal in Russia?

500

These two populations are at an elevated risk of lead poisoning.

What are pregnant women and children?

500

Name two areas of Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans.

  • Feed management 

  • Manure and wastewater handling/storage 

  • Nutrient fertilizer management 

  • Land treatment practices 

  • Alternative manure 

  • Wastewater management and record keeping 

500

In India, 60% of households to do not have access to these. As a result, waste pollutes the streets and runoff brings these contaminants to rivers. 

What are toilets?

500

These are the main sources of nutrients.

What are fertilizers and manure?