Even where specific laws prohibiting groundwater pollution do not exist, a polluter might be prosecuted if contaminated groundwater in turn pollutes surface water.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
You might also like to view...
As air in the figure below moves from A to B, what will happen to its volume?
A. It will increase. B. It will decrease. C. It will decrease at first, and then increase. D. It will remain the same.
The Great Lakes are sensitive to pollution because ____ of the water that enters the lakes is flushed out via the St. Lawrence River.
A. 25% B. 10% C. about half D. less than 1% E. most
The average rate of temperature decrease in the troposphere with altitude is called the _______________. (three words)
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A river emerges from a valley onto a flat plain, but the river itself lies in a narrow, shallow canyon as it crosses the plain, then plunges into a steep sided canyon as it flow past the plain
A geologist floating down the canyon headed for the whitewater in the canyon notices the river is flowing through lake deposits as it flows across the plain. What happened in this area? A) The river used to flow into a lake, which formed a temporary base level, but in recent geologic time the lakes dam broke, and the river is now downcutting in response to the change in local base level. B) The river has cut a deep canyon that crossed through a lake, and this process has been continuous for a long time. C) The river is at base level throughout its trace and has been for a long time. D) The geologist can't be right; this is an impossible scenario.