Dosages
a quantity of a medicine or drug taken that causes an effect to be observed in half of the population
ED50 / Effective dose 50
What category makes up the largest % of Municipal Solid Waste?
What is Paper products.
This is the stage where garbage/large debri is cleaned out before being further sanitized
What is Primary Treament
Bacteria of virus that can cause a disease. Often a result of a vector or unsanitary conditions.
Pathogens
This wildlife behavior is significantly disrupted by noise pollution in terrestrial ecosystems.
What is animal migration or breeding patterns?
The dose where half of those administered will die
LD50/ Lethal dose 50
This type of waste is considered hazardous and can leach toxic chemicals/materials if disposed of with regular MSW.
What is E-Waste.
idea that communities don’t want landfills near them for a number of reasons
What is a NIMBY- Not in my backyard.
These pollutants last a long time and can build up in an organism
Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP)
Type of species that can be surveyed and used to determine conditions of an ecosystem (soil, water, etc.)
What is indicator species
The graphing of a dose and who it effects
Dose response curve
System of tubes/pipes at bottom of landfill to collect water draining through waste & carrying pollutants for treatment & disposal
What is Leachate Collection System
What is the least sustainable "R" and why?
What is "recycling" and the energy required to process/convert recycling waste
This describes the process of a pollutant building up across trophic levels
Biomagnification
This type of pollution changes the quality of water through temperature. Identify a source of this pollution.
What is thermal pollution and a power plant. i.e., nuclear, coal, natural gas. Combustion rxns using H2O/ cooling towers.
A dose will affect a smaller person more than a bigger person, and a larger dose will have greater effect
Dose proportionality
Landfills have low and slow rates of decomposition due to.....
What is low O2 levels, low moisture levels and low amounts of organic materials.
Biological breakdown of organic matter (feces) by bacteria; aerobic process that requires O2
What is "Secondary treatment".
This POP is the common example in APES as an example of biomagnification
DDT
Bacterial infection caused by food or water being contaminated with feces (often from sewage release into rivers & streams used for drinking water). Symptoms include intestinal swelling and can result in blood in feces. Results in severe dehydration due to diarrhea (fluid loss). Kills 1.1million people annually.
What is Dysentery.
In the 1800s, the name for the system for dose measuring went by this old timey term
Apothecary
This process can reduce volume by 90%, but also releases CO2 and air pollutants (PM, SOx, NOx).
What is "Waste Incineration".
Secondary treatment removes ____% of P and ____% of N but does not remove
DOES NOT remove ______ such as medications or pesticides
What is 70% P and 50% N. What is POPS/Endocrine disruptors.
Emissions such as Co2, So2, No2 from a smoke stack are an example of what type of pollutant source?
What is Point Source.
Coronavirus (pathogen) infection caused by respiratory droplets from infected person. Contagion factor= respiratory droplets. Causes a form of pneumonia. Responsible for Covid-19.
What is SARS. (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)