Agricultural Pollution
production, processing, and marketing of food, fiber, and animal products.
Agriculture
What is the creation of methane called?
Methanogenesis
Up to what percent of water are organisms?
95%
Primary Air Pollution
Substances directly emitted from a process
What does light pollution do to birds?
Birds can become disoriented and exhausted.
Can start doing circles instead of the correct migrating process
Some species will die because of exhaustion
These are four common farming practices that impact pollution levels
plowing, harvesting efficiency, fertilizers, and pesticides
What are pesticides?
Any chemical used to kill or control unwanted population of fungi, animals or plants
What percent of streams are considered polluted?
45%
Secondary Air Pollution
Pollutants form in the air where primary pollutants react or interact
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Trash is also a large issue and goes into our storm drains and into our rivers and oceans. Take a long time to “go away”.
What are some pros of fertilizer?
Fertilizer supplements nutrients
Allowed the semi-viable land to be farmed
Macronutrients - N, P, K
Micronutrients - B, Zn
This pesticide was used in WWII to control malaria and typhus but caused a lot of problems in humans and birds.
DDT
What are the two types of water pollution?
Point source pollution
- When you have specific input into the waterway with a pollutant
Non-point source pollution
- Indirect causes of pollution
Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides are both types of air pollution.
Primary
What are the cons of fertilization?
Eutrophication, Methane Production, Pollution, and Heavy metal accumulation
Characteristics of herbicides
Acute exposure
Cancer
Parkinson's
Reproductive effects
Genetic damage
Chemical contamination, radioactive materials, and thermal pollution are all considered what types of pollution?
Industrial Pollution
This is a secondary air pollutant and has sulfur and nitrogen oxides and alters the pH of aquatic environments with a range of tolerances.
What is Eutrophication?
Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake due to runoff
This Rodenticides causes internal bleeding in any animal that consumes it and is non-specific and kills multiple different mammals.
Warfarin
Examples of Municipal Pollution
Fecal coliform bacteria and human pathogens
Soaps and detergents
Antibiotics
Hormones
Fire retardants
What effects does pollution have on wildlife and biodiversity?
trees and embryos die, and it removes nutrients such as calcium and magnesium.