9.25.T - Lesson: Threats to Water Resources

Language: English
Subject: Natural science > Ecosystems
Age: 11 - 12

9.25.T - Lesson: Threats to Water Resources

Water pollution can be divided into four main categories:

Write the definition of thermal pollution.

Thermal pollution changes some things in the water when the companies put it back into streams, rivers, oceans, or ponds. What are they?

Please use your lesson and the paragraph below to answer the question.

Select all that apply.

Changes the water tempature

It makes the water sweeter

Makes the water change colors

It can change the oxygen levels in the water.

Makes the water bubblely

What are the two main sources of chemical pollution?

Name two ways that companies can cause chemical pollution, and then name one-way farmers can cause chemical pollution.

Biological pollution is only man-made.

True

False

What is water called that humans have used?

Choose the correct definition for "Eutrophication."

An increase in the number of nutrients in water

The process of distilling water

An increase in the amount of minerals in the water

Why do humans build canals?

To make sure the river water does not flow into the city

To control the flow of water

To limit the amount of water people are allowed to use

What caused the Aral Sea in Central Asia to shrink?