Water Pollution Review Game

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Across
  1. 3. pollution caused by soil particles
  2. 4. usually fecal coliform bacteria and used to determine whether or not disease-carrying pathogens are present
  3. 5. used by municipalities and receive wastewater from hundreds or even thousands of households
  4. 8. a major tanker oil spill that caused problems in Alaska
  5. 9. a clear location where pollution comes from
  6. 10. amount of oxygen necessary in a body of water
  7. 13. forever plastics
  8. 14. keep the floating oil from spreading so it can be vacuumed up
  9. 15. part of septic system receives wastewater from a house
  10. 18. sudden change in water temperature that kills organisms
  11. 19. sonar; can cause large mammals to beach themselves
  12. 20. most of the oil found in the ocean is from these
  13. 21. chemicals break up the oil on the surface to make it disperse
  14. 23. particles that attach to the surfaces of plants, soil, and water and fall as rain
  15. 25. law that sets the national standards for safe drinking water
Down
  1. 1. designed to aide agriculture but can move up an aquatic food chain and harm people and animals
  2. 2. the largest oil spill in the United States
  3. 6. pesticides, pharmaceuticals, military compounds, and industrial compounds
  4. 7. naturally occurring and anthropogenic activities (coal). Toxic to nervous system
  5. 11. hypoxic zones in bodies of water with very little life
  6. 12. found in plastic and very harmful
  7. 16. law that supports the chemical, physical, and biological properties of surface waters
  8. 17. a general area where pollution comes from
  9. 22. used by people who live rurally to treat sewage
  10. 24. found in pipes and other older construction. Toxic, especially for developing brain and nervous system
  11. 26. naturally occurring and anthropogenic activities (mining and industry) Carcinogenic