water pollution
air pollution
laws
causes
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100
this chemical is both an air and water pollutant and causes ocean acidification and greenhouse effect
What is carbon dioxide
100

this is the chemical formula for ozone

What is O3

100
this law sets maximum amounts of allowable water pollution
What is The Clean Water Act
100
Thermal Pollution causes this chemical to become less abundant for living things in a body of water.
What is oxygen
100
this term refers to the oxygen needed or consumed by biotic factors in an aquatic ecosystem
What is BOD, biological oxygen demand
200
this term refers to a single location where pollution enters an aquatic ecosystem
What is point source pollution
200

this compound whn released in massive concentrations by industry can contribute to "acid rain"

What is Nitrogen dioxide

200
this law sets maximum allowable contaminate levels for pollutants in drinking water with an emphasis on ground water regulations
What is Safe Drinking Water Act
200

Eutrophication and excess turbidity from soil run off and algae blooms cause this

What is a dead zone

200
This term refers to any pollution or circumstance that causes a body of water to increase in temperature
What is Thermal pollution
300
refers to wide scale, landscape area pollution ussually associated with run-off from many locations
What is non-point source pollution
300

what is the "silent killer", created daily in car exhaust

What is Carbon monoxide

300
this law sets pollution limits for cars and buisnesses
What is The Clean Air Act
300
these gasses together are often refered too as greenhouse gasses and are part of a positive feedback loop that in turn increases the amount of all four
What is water vapor, methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen
300
nitrogen dioxide and oxygen together form this chemical, which is a major part of acid rain
What is HNO3, Nitric Acid
400
this term refers to an excess of nitrogen compounds in an aquatic ecosytem
What is eutrophication
400

this term refers to smoke and debris caused by coal burning and diesel burning

What is particulate air pollution

400
This law attempts to control non-point source pollution in water, therefore this law is often concidered by the EPA when products are being developed and sold
What is Water Quality Act
400
ocean acidification is caused when these two chemicals combine at an unatural rate
What is carbon dioxide and water
400
this concept explains that as the atmosphere warms, greenhouse gasses become more abundant, which in turn causes the atmosphere to warm even more
What is a positive feedback loop
500
this term describes a process whereby large objects are allowed to settle out of waste water and removed and bacterial life is used to break down other organic molecules
What is sewage treatment
500

this term was used in The Lorax and describes industrial air pollution and coal smoke

What is "smog"

500
This incident brought national attention to toxic waste in groundwater and drinking water
What is Love Canal
500

coal mining and burning cause these chemicals to become abnormaly abundant in an ecosystem

What is mercury and lead.

500
This group of molecules, outlawed by the Clean Air Act, contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer
What is CFCs
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