Pollution Solutions
The primary industrial gas source for acids (like sulfuric and nitric acid) that cause acid deposition.
What are sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides?
The warm, well-lit surface zone of a lake where most photosynthesis occurs and is popular for boating.
What is the Limnetic Zone?
The upper-most layer of soil, rich in humus, that supports the most plant growth
What is the Topsoil?
This biome is known for its cold temperatures and is dominated by coniferous trees like spruce and fir.
What is the Boreal Forest (Taiga)?
The process used to check for water pollution by testing for the presence of Coliform Bacteria.
What is a water quality test (or testing for pathogens)?
The shallow, marshy area of a lake that is closest to the shore and supports rooted vegetation.
What is the Littoral Zone?
The dense, unbroken layer of solid rock that forms the lowest level of the soil profile.
What is Bedrock?
This biome is described by the factors of a long growing season and is home to grass and grazing animals like bison.
What is the Grassland (Prairie)?
A type of water pollution that results from salt or fertilizer being carried away in runoff.
What is non-point pollution?
The layer of water in a lake that experiences a rapid drop in temperature during the summer months.
What is the Thermocline?
The process where dissolved or suspended materials are carried downward through the soil profile by water.
What is Leaching?
An area of continuous permafrost where only low-growing plants like mosses and lichens can survive.
What is the Tundra?
Type of water pollution that occurs next to Boundary Dam by Estevan.
What is heat pollution?
A type of lake that is shallow, murky, rich in nutrients, and often prone to high algae growth.
What is a Eutrophic lake?
This soil layer lies below the topsoil and often contains minerals deposited by the process of leaching.
What is the slow breakdown of Bedrock and parent material?
A biome characterized by a moderate, wet climate that supports large deciduous trees and has rich, dark soil.
What is the Temperate Deciduous Forest?
How acid rain harms trees 12 by removing essential nutrients, like calcium, from the soil.
What is Leaching?
These microscopic organisms, including phytoplankton, are the base of the food web in the limnetic and profundal zones.
What are Plankton?
The main reason that soil formation takes such a long time, often taking hundreds of years.
What is the Subsoil?
The primary abiotic factor that determines where the major Canadian biomes transition into one another
What is Climate (or temperature/precipitation)?