Water Pollution
Environment
(1st section)
Mining
Readings and BP
Miscellaneous
100
This type of pollution is hard to detect because it indirectly enters a body of water
non-point source pollution
100
This means living or once alive
biotic
100
When you purchased the cookie during the mining activity, what cost were you paying?
Land Cost
100
What happened to the Deep water horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010?
It exploded, killing 11 people
100
Define Tragedy of the Commons
overuse of a shared resource for quick gain
200
Pesticide runoff caused by a rainstorm is an example of this type of pollution
non-point source pollution
200
This means non-living
abiotic
200
When you were charged one dollar for every minute of mining, what cost were you paying?
labor cost
200
Ground level ozone is better known as
smog
200
What was the first rule of the fishing game? It was the reason you all made your fish extinct the first time around
No talking
300
A lake would have at least some pollution if it has a pH higher or lower than what number?
7
300
An organisms abiotic and biotic surrounding makes up it's what?
environment
300
What is it called when a mining company blows off the summit of a mountain in order to get to the coal underneath?
Mountaintop Removal
300
Particulates are better known as
soot
300
Which country banned the trade of Blue Fin Tuna? We watched a video on it
France
400
What happens to the pH of baking soda when I add vinegar to it?
It decreases
400
define habitat
A species specific environment
400
Why do mining companies have to pay reclamation costs?
to pay for the damage of land caused by their mines
400
What does BP stand for?
British Petroleum
400
What is the main spawning area for Blue Fin Tuna and why is it in danger? (hint: think about recent environmental catastrophes)
Gulf of Mexico, oil spill
500
Can a body of water with a neutral pH still be polluted?
yes. pollution can be harmful at small level, therefore not greatly effect the pH of the water
500
What is one habitat preference of a pill bug?
moist and dark
500
The video we watched on mining stated that the pollution caused by mining is often in violation of what U.S. law?
Clean Water Act
500
Give one point of evidence from the Cuyahoga reading that helps prove the river is cleaner than it once was
60 species of fish, Mr. Roberts caught fish in the same place he almost drowned it. It does not have to be aggressively monitored etc.
500
This is the first step in the creation of fossil fuels
death and decompose
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