The concentration of any material or energy form that is ultimately harmful to humans
What is Pollution
100
what city in America has the most air pollution
What is Los Angeles
100
• natural process in lakes, occurring as they age through geological time.
What is Eutrophication
100
water pollutants include
What is dissolved and suspended materials, such as organic or inorganic waste
100
Principles of right and wrong established by society or individuals.
What is ethics
200
An increase in Earth’s average surface temperature caused by an increase in the greenhouse effect.
What is Global Warming
200
Water in the air becomes acidic when it reacts with carbon dioxide, forming weak carbonic acid
What is Acid Rain
200
•Sewage is one of the most critical water pollution problems containing rivers, lakes and groundwater
What is Organic Pollutants
200
which one is bigger Anaerobic or Aerobic
What is Aerobic
200
Sites where waste is disposed of by burying them have been established.
What is Sanitary Landfill
300
Precipitation forming when gas emissions combine with water.
What is Acid Rain
300
•If the temperature of a body of water is increased, the activity of these bacteria is also increased. Results in the dissolved oxygen being used up at a faster rate
What is Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria
300
Carbon monoxide causes stress on the heart, headaches, dizziness, and even death
What is Health Problems caused by Air pollution
300
If the organisms find their way into the groundwater, they can produce serious pollution to sources of drinking water
What is Abnormal Concentration of various organisms
300
Tiny solids suspended in the atmosphere.
What are Particulates
400
Overgrazing, deforestation, irrigation and excessive cultivation cause soil erosion.
What is Soil Erosion
400
•the heated waste water released into the environment by electric power plants and industrial plants
What is Thermal Pollution
400
water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone.
What are the Greenhouse Gases
400
name one radioactive substance
What are gamma rays
400
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
What is Charcoal
500
A process that usually take hundreds or thousands of years under natural conditions.
What is Eutrophication
500
The drastic increase in the emission of CO2 (carbon dioxide) within the last 30 years caused by burning fossil fuels has been identified as the major reason for the change of temperature in the atmosphere
What is Global Warming
500
how many tons of topsoil is washed away each year
What is 2.5 billion
500
is one of the most critical water pollution problems containing rivers, lakes and groundwater
What is Sewage
500
harmful release of heated liquid into a body of water or heat released into the air as a waste product of a business. An example of thermal pollution is water used for cooling in a power plant that runs into a nearby river and harms the river's ecosystem.