Quick Review Questions
In a scientific experiment this variable can be manipulated.
What is a Independent Variable?
Steel mills are example of this type of pollution.
What is point source?
High BOD + Less DO =
Dead Zone
What did we use in our Oil Spill lab to break up the oil
What is Ms. Smart favorite sport?
What is football.
In a scientific experiment this variable is how you measure the change.
Dependent Variable
Smokestacks, discharge pipes, and drainage ditches. Are all examples of..
Point Source
This zone has low BOD and high DO, it is home to trout, perch, bass, mayfly, stonefly fish
What is Clean.
Material used to make up booms that helps absorb oil while it is being contained.
What is an absorber
How many siblings does Ms. Smart have?
She has 1 sister!
This happens to coral reefs when rising sea temperatures
What is coral bleaching
Oil, grease and toxic chemicals from urban runoff and energy production
Non-Point Source
This zone shows an increase in DO and low in BOD, has pollution tolerant fish
What is recovery.
Oil-containment device that floats on the surface of the water and is used as a barrier to keep oil in or out of a specific location.
What is a boom
The is the date(month, day, year) that Ms. Smart was born on.
What is October 2, 1990
When oil from an oil spill reaches the coastline and washes up on beaches it infiltrates the sand and creates something called...
Tar Balls
Salt from irrigation practices and acid drainage from abandoned mines is what type of pollution
Non-Point Source
This zone has high BOD and intermediate DO: has pollution-tolerant fishes (carp,gar)
What is Decomposition?
This oil spill occurred in 1989, when a supertanker crashed into a reef off the shores in Alaska.
What is Exxon Valdez Oil Spill?
What is Ms. Smart favorite color.
What is orange.
The April 20th, 2010 offshore oil rig explosion that resulted in 11 deaths and 200 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico was called...
BP Deepwater Horizon
Municipal wastewater treatment plants release treated wastewater that can introduce nutrients and harmful microbes into waterways. This is an example of which type of pollution
Point Source
This zone has no fish, just fungi, sludge, worms, bacteria
Septic
This is the chemical dispersant that was used during the BP oil spill
What is Correctsit.
What is Ms. Smart favorite holiday.
What is Halloween.