Match the term with the correct description. Point sources Discharge pollution f
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Question
Match the term with the correct description.
Point sources Discharge pollution from specific locations
Nonpoint sources Contaminants carried by air currents and precipitated into watersheds or directly onto surface waters as rain, snow, or dry
particles
Atmospheric deposition Measure of dissolved oxygen in the water
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) Amount of dissolved oxygen consumed by aquatic microorganisms. Used as a test for organic waste contamination from
sewage, paper pulp, and food waste
Dissolved oxygen content (DOC) Process of increasing nutrient levels and biological productivity, a normal part of successional change in most lakes
Oligotrophic Bodies of water that have clear water and low biological productivity
Eutrophic Established a National Pollution Discharge System, which requires a permit for any entity dumping wastes in surface waters
and requires disclosure of what is being dumped
Eutrophication Created Superfund program to clean up toxic waste sites
Clean Water Act Scattered or diffuse, having no specific location of discharge
CERCLA Bodies of water that are rich in organisms and organic material
Explanation / Answer
1 point sources - Discharge pollution from specific locations
2 nonPoint sources - Scattered or diffuse, having no specific location of discharge
3 Atmospheric deposition - Contaminants carried by air currents and precipitated into watersheds or directly onto surface waters as rain, snow, or dry
4 Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) - Amount of dissolved oxygen consumed by aquatic microorganisms. Used as a test for organic waste contamination from sewage, paper pulp, and food wast
5 Dissolved oxygen content (DOC) - Measure of dissolved oxygen in the water
6 Oligotrophic - Bodies of water that have clear water and low biological productivity
7 Eutrophic - Bodies of water that are rich in organisms and organic material
8 Eutrophication - Process of increasing nutrient levels and biological productivity, a normal part of successional change in most lakes
9 Clean Water Act Established a National Pollution Discharge System, which requires a permit for any entity dumping wastes in surface waters and requires disclosure of what is being dumped
10 CERCLA - Created Superfund program to clean up toxic waste site