WATER
The leading cause of water pollution
What is agriculture?
The biggest driver of soil erosion
What is flowing water?
Raising fish for food
What is aquaculture?
True or False: It is possible to predict and prevent geological hazards
What is false?
These places typically have large stacks releasing large amounts of air pollution. The produce goods for us.
What is industrial factories?
A drain pipe from a car wash would be this type of water pollution
What is point source?
A soil with high porosity and high permeability would be ___________ likely to erode
What is more?
This is the reason why aquaculture is an environmental concern that lowers the biodiversity of wild fish populations
What is wild fish is fed to farmed fish?
A rock formed when magma cools
What is an igneous rock?
A rancher grows corn which he uses fertilizer and pesticides on. This creates water, air, and soil pollution. This is what type of land use?
What is agriculture?
Agricultural fields would be an example of this type of water pollution
What is non-point source?
Process which adds dissolved salts to croplands overtime causing salinization of soils
What is irrigation?
Types of fish species would make aquaculture a more sustainable practice?
What is algae eating fish?
A rock formed from sediment deposits that get compacted and cemented.
What is a sedimentary rock?
Oil wells produce water, air, and soil pollution. Using the sun we can switch to this type of energy.
What is solar energy?
Lakes, rivers, and streams are all what type of water sources?
What are surface sources?
Rotating crops annually, a form of top soil conservation, helps by maintaining this
What is soil fertility?
Raising cows in this type of environment can increase the risk of human infections due to antibiotic use
What is high density feed lots?
A rock that gets exposed to heat and pressure transforming into a new rock.
What is a metamorphic rock?
We get this resource from mining which produces water, air, and soil pollution.
What is mineral resources?
Water used to produce and transport a jar of pasta sauce is called this
What is virtual or indirect water?
Soil provides us with ecosystem services and natural resources. Therefore, it is considered one of the most important component of this.
What is natural capital?
Modern industrialized food production uses a lot of energy, adds greenhouse gases, and reduces the number of species on Earth. This violates these 3 scientific principles of sustainability.
What is solar energy, chemical cycling, and biodiversity.
The 4 geological hazards we talked about in class.
What is volcanos, earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis?
A property owner digs a hole and dumps household trash into the hole and covers it up resulting in this type of pollution. (soil, water, and/or air).
Explain**
What is soil, water, and air?
The soil now has solid waste which takes up space for living organisms and can leach toxins into the soil. When water flows through the solid waste can be mixed in contaminating fresh water. Overtime toxins will leach into the atmosphere.