1. of the Following Organisms, the Group That Is Least

APES Chapter 18 Week 1 quiz

1. Of the following organisms, the group that is least

likely to cause disease is

a. Bacteria

b. Protozoa

c. Algae

d. Parasitic worms

2. For drinking water, the WHO recommends a level of ____

coliform bacteria colonies per 100 mls of water?

d. 100

e. 1000

3. A body of water can be depleted of its oxygen by

a. Viruses and parasitic worms

b. Organic wastes

c. Sediments and suspended matter

d. Organic compounds such as oil

e. Heavy metals

4. Which of the following are a point source of water pollution?

a. Oil tanker

b. Livestock feedlots

c. Urban lands

d. Croplands e. Logged forests

5. The leading cause of water pollution comes from

a. Agricultural activities

b. Industry

c. Households

d. Sewage

e. Land erosion

6. Oxygen sag curves

a. May occur during spring floods

b. Occur when oxygen-demanding wastes are added to the water

c. Develop in fast-flowing rivers

d. May occur upstream from a sewage treatment plant

e. Are positive for aquatic species

7. The book tells the story of Ohio’s Cuyahoga River that

a. Has no oxygen

b. Has no fish

c. Caught fire and burned for days

d. Floods 3 times per year

e. Has no coliform bacteria in it at all

8. According to the WHO, what % of rivers in the world are

heavily polluted?

a. 1% b. 10%

c. 50%

d. 75%

e. 100%

9. Which river is polluted from throwing ashes of the dead into it?

a. Guadalupe

b. Amazon

c. Thames

d. Ganges

e. Frio

10. What is the Clean Water Act of 1969?

a. Protesting dirty rivers

b. Overfishing the ocean

c. Establishes health related goals to make all surface waters safe for fishing and swimming

d. Going to cremate himself and be put in the Thames

e. Study ecoli polluted rivers

11. Which of the following water sources does the book say is the most vulnerable to contamination?

a. The ocean

b. Rivers

c. Streams

d. Lakes

e. Wetlands

12. Eutrophication is caused by all of the following EXCEPT a. Farmland

b. Uranium mining

c. Animal feedlots

d. Sewage

e. Fertilized yards

13. All of the following are ways to deal with eutrophication EXCEPT

a. Ban or limit household detergents

b. Treat waste to remove nitrates and phosphates

c. Reduce nutrient runoff

d. Control plant growth with herbicides and algaecides

e. Discharge untreated municipal sewage into rivers

14. The case study in the text book was about

a. The great lakes

b. The Cayuhoga River

c. The Rio Grande

d. The Dead Sea

e. The Aral Sea

15. All of the following are reasons it is hard to clean up contaminated

groundwater EXCEPT

a. Groundwater flows slowly

b. Groundwater has low levels of dissolved oxygen

c. Groundwater is usually cold

d. Contaminants are not diluted effectively

e. Groundwater is non renewable 16. Leaking underground storage tanks have become a problem to our

a. Lakes

b. Rivers

c. Groundwater

d. Ocean

e. Wetlands

17. According to the WHO, more than 112 million people have

drinking water contaminated with

a. Lead

b. Mercury

c. PCB’s

d. Arsenic

e. Oil

18. Preventing contamination is the most effective and cheapest

way to protect groundwater resources.

a. True

b. False