A big bottle of oil
are oil tanker spills the only way oil gets into the water?
NO there are seeps (:
name at least 3 microplastics in da ocean?
How can contaminated drinking water effect ur health?
it can give schistosomiasis (diseases)
what is acid rain?
rain that's unusally acidic!
what source puts the most nitrogen in the Chesapeake bay?
Agriculture
what is the biggest sources of oil spills?
seeps
why are microplastics harmful?
cuz they expose humans to chemicals
what are 3 types of contamination in water?
chemical, physical,biological
what causes acid rain
human activity
why is nitrogen added to crops
to make them grow better
name 2 ways oil spills can harm ocean life?
they can eat it and get sick. it can also coat birds wings so they can't fly
what country has the most microplastics in the ocean per year
china
which 2 continents have the lowest populations to clean drinking water
asia y africa
what human activity leads to acid rain?
power plants
what areas of the USA appear to be at the highest risk of nitrogen contamination
midwest
name two ways oil can get into the water
natural seeps
small spills
tanker spills
rec boating drilling
what is the biggest source of microplastics
synthetic textiles
how many people die each year from water pollution?
829,000 people
what does acid rain do to soil?
it removes minerals and nutrients
why does the Midwest have ground water contamination?
a lot of farms
how many oil spills happen per day USSSSS?
70 c:
microplastics are found in what percent of tap water?
83 %%%%%
what country has the most radioactive water dumped in the water 1946-1993
soviet union
name 2 types of environments are effected by acid rain
SHREKS SWAMP and steams and marshes and lakes I guess
describe how eutrophication occurs
when plants overgrowth uses dessoled oxygen