WATER QUESTIONS

"Set-C"

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QUESTIONS FOR DOLLARS

"Point and Nonpoint Pollution"

(True or False: $500)

1. Excessive amount of Nitrates and Nitrites in our drinking water is caused mainly by Point Source pollution.

True
False

(Multiple Choice: $1000)

2. Which of the following represents Nonpoint Source pollution?

Radioactive materials being released into surrounding groundwater.

Livestock manure being placed on corn fields in Western Nebraska and Kansas.

Buried fuel reserves releasing gasoline because of rusting tanks.

None of the above.

(Pick Most Correct: $2000)

3. The concentration of Nitrates or Nitrites increases during the Spring season and decreases during the late Summer. Select the most correct explanation.

Heavy rains in the spring leach out the nitrates/nitrites and carry them to the groundwater. In late Summer the lack of rains decrease the leaching process.

In the Spring, farmers plant their crops and fertilize with nitrate based fertilizers. During the Summer months, weeds extract nitrates from the soil, then convert to nitrogen dioxide which is released into the atmosphere.

Cattle are placed on the corn stalks in the Spring to produce their calves and to have corn stalks to eat. Manure from the cattle increases during that time. In the Summer, freshly planted corn absorbs the nitrates and converts to protein.

None of the above are correct.