Water pollution
What is the difference between biomagnification and bioaccumulation?
What is biomagnification is the buildup of pollutants as they move up the food web, while bioaccumulation is the buildup of pollutants in an organism over time
Why is e-waste dangerous?
What is it can have toxic metals like lead, mercury, and cadmium
What is the bad type of ozone?
What is tropospheric ozone
The clean air act identified how many air pollutants?
What is 6
What does BMP stand for?
What are best management practices
The overwhelming majority of earth's water is what?
What is salt water
What are the 3 R's?
What is the worst color based on the air quality index?
What is maroon?
The montreal protocol decreased the use of what pollutant?
What are CFCs
What are tectonics plates moved by?
What are convection currents
Which type of aquifer is more resistant to pollution?
What is compost?
What is biodegradable waste that is used as fertilizer
What chemicals does photochemical smog come from?
What is nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and ozone
What was the international treaty that called for the phasing out of POPs?
What is the stockholm convention
Island that are _____ to the mainland and are _____ have higher biodiversity.
What is closer; larger
What is a large zone of dissolved oxygen depletion in water called?
What is a deadzone
What is groundwater contamination
One way to reduce air pollution from vehicles is?
What is Vapor Recovery Nozzle or Catalytic Converter
What policies use permits to emit pollutants that factories must trade if they wish to emit more pollutants?
What are Cap and Trade policies?
What is a positive feedback loop
Cutting down trees near water can cause which two types of pollution?
What is thermal and sediment pollution
A problem that comes with incinerating waste is?
What is air pollution
What are the 6 criteria pollutants?
What is Sulfur dioxide, Nitrogen oxides, Carbon monoxide, Particulate matter, Tropospheric Ozone, Lead
What organizations are regulate the sale of pesticides under FIFRA?
What are the EPA, USDA, and FDA
Who is the best teacher?
Who is MS. JULIAN!!!!