The Most Common Way to Test for the Presence of Petroleum

question 97

Multiple Choice

The most common way to test for the presence of petroleum products in the water supply is to test for ____________.

• A)benzene
• B)formaldehyde
• C)CFCs
• D)chlorine

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Definitions:

Chesapeake Planters

Wealthy landowners in the Chesapeake Bay region during the colonial period, primarily involved in the cultivation of tobacco using slave labor.

Shipbuilding Industry

A sector of the economy that designs, constructs, and repairs ships, crucial for transportation, military, and trade purposes.

Task System

A labor system used on plantations, particularly in the cultivation of rice and cotton, where enslaved people were assigned specific tasks to complete each day, as opposed to working from sunrise to sunset.