Chapter 10 - Water

5 Written Questions

1. water that has already been used for a relatively non-polluting purpose, such as showering, dish washing and laundry. gray water is not potable but can be reused for flushing toilets, washing cars and watering plants.
2. accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
3. synthetic chemicals created for human activities; these include pesticides, solvents, industrial chemicals, and plastics
4. a nutrient rich, oxygen poor lake having a high rate of biological productivity; Lake Erie (Smaller lakes in general)
5. Intersex in aquatic life shows the potential for this type of effect on humans.

5 Matching Questions

1. Point Source Pollution
2. Marsh
3. Stream continuum
4. Bioremediation
5. Sediment

1. a the use of living organisms to detoxify and restore polluted and degraded ecosystems
2. b lowland with moist soil and tall grasses
3. c Blocks sunlight, stopping or reducing photosynthesis, in turn reducing oxygen and adversely effecting marine life.
4. d model for classifying and describing flowing water, in addition to the classification of individual sections of waters after the occurrence of indicator organisms.
5. e pollution that enters water from a known source

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. cultural eutrophication; An increase in biological productivity and ecosystem succession caused by human activities.
   1. What's the main problem at Lake Lansing
   2. What is the problem with the Aral Season
   3. What's the problem on the Chattahoochee?
   4. Three Functions of wetlands
2. The volume of water a river transports over a given amount of time.
   1. Sludge
   2. Discharge
   3. Sewage
   4. Swamp
3. Treating waste-water biologically, by using microorganisms to decompose the suspended organic material; occurs after primary treatment
   1. Primary treatment
   2. Preliminary treatment
   3. Secondary treatment
   4. Sediment
4. Requires industries, municipalities or anyone else dumping wastes into surface waters.
   1. Watershed
   2. Lake turnover
   3. Permanent stream
   4. Clean Water Act of 1972
5. coarse or fine particulate organic matter
   1. Swamp
   2. Topography
   3. CPOM, FPOM
   4. Marsh

5 True/False Questions

1. Describe the stream continuum from headwaters to river mouths. → ...

   True        False

2. Inorganic pollutants (name 3) → synthetic chemicals created for human activities; these include pesticides, solvents, industrial chemicals, and plastics

   True        False

3. Recharge → NEW WATER that enters an aquifer from the surface

   True        False

4. Sewage → Gooey mixture of toxic chemicals, infectious agents, and settled solids removed from wastewater at a sewage treatment plant.

   True        False

5. Sludge → Gooey mixture of toxic chemicals, infectious agents, and settled solids removed from wastewater at a sewage treatment plant.

   True        False