Water Pollution Answers

Which of the following activities is most likely to result in sediment pollution?

cutting down trees

pouring motor oil down the drain

excess fertilizer use

none of the above

A new wastewater treatment plant opens in an area where raw sewage used to be dumped directly into a bay. What type of pollution will be reduced the most by the new plant?

toxic

sediment

nutrient

bacterial

Which of the following activities is most likely to result in nutrient pollution?

cutting down trees

pouring motor oil down the drain

excess fertilizer use

none of the above

Which of the following activities is most likely to result in sediment pollution?

cutting down trees

pouring motor oil down the drain

excess fertilizer use

none of the above

A new wastewater treatment plant opens in an area where raw sewage used to be dumped directly into a bay. What type of pollution will be reduced the most by the new plant?

toxic

sediment

nutrient

bacterial

Which of the following activities is most likely to result in nutrient pollution?

cutting down trees

pouring motor oil down the drain

excess fertilizer use

none of the above

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