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Name: - Mr. Alcantara Date: - Earth Science Objectives

The document is a worksheet for an Earth Science class. It asks students to answer multiple choice questions about groundwater contamination in Fruitvale. The questions address what is known about the groundwater, how it became contaminated, whether the contamination was from a point or non-point source, the local ground conditions that allowed contamination, weather conditions in Fruitvale, and how natural factors accelerated the spread of contamination.

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Name: - Mr. Alcantara Date: - Earth Science Objectives

The document is a worksheet for an Earth Science class. It asks students to answer multiple choice questions about groundwater contamination in Fruitvale. The questions address what is known about the groundwater, how it became contaminated, whether the contamination was from a point or non-point source, the local ground conditions that allowed contamination, weather conditions in Fruitvale, and how natural factors accelerated the spread of contamination.

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Name:______________________ Mr.

Alcantara

Date:_______________________ Earth Science

Objectives:
 SWBAT describe how natural factors may accelerate the spread of contaminants in specific area.
 SWBAT identify the difference between point source and non-point source contamination.
Focus question:
Explain why natural factors have accelerated the spread of the
contamination in Fruitvale?

1a) What do we know about the groundwater in Fruitvale?


a) It’s warm b) It’s contaminated
c) It taste like lemonade d) It’s cleaner than Fiji water.

1b) How did the groundwater get contaminated?


a) Oil spill b) A shipment full of bath-bombs
c) Pesticides d) Mining for gold

2) Was the pesticide contamination non-point sourced or point sourced?


Explain why.

3) Which unique ground conditions made the contamination of the water


possible.
a) soil, bedrock, limestone b) soil, gravel, sand
c) soil, iron d) soil, grass, more soil

4) What are the weather conditions Fruitvale? How do these conditions play a
role in the spread of the ground water contamination?
a) Snow b) Rain
c) Earthquakes d) Typhoons

5) Using the information/evidence we’ve gathered during our class


discussion, please explain why natural factors have accelerated the spread
of the contamination in Fruitvale?

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