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12.3 Flashcards

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Pollution

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The introduction of contaminates into the land, water or air that harm the environment

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Point source pollution

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Pollution that comes from a small, specific area or source

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Non point source

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Pollution that comes from many separate sources, not just one

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4
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Resource industry

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Leaks from oil and gas drilling

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Recreational

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Oil spills from boats and cars

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Marine transportation

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Garbage form freighters, mills and power plants

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Land development

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Industrial spills, increased run off, increases sediments In water

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Point source example

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Marine transportation
Recreational
Industrial
Resource industry

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Industrial

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Waste water form factories, mills and power plants

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Non point source examples

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Land development
Agricultural 
Storm water run off
Sewage treatment 
Forestry
Air pollution from automobiles and industry
Water activities
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Agricultural

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Pesticides, fertilizers, animal waste

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Storm run off

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Oil, chemicals, and other contaminants from industrial, commercial, and residential sources

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Sewage treatment

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Sewage leakage, causing bacterial contamination

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Forestry

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Increase in run off, increased sediments in water, increased erosion

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Air pollution from automobiles and industry

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Air filled with particles and toxins that become deposited in water supplies

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Water activities

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Gas and oil spills from boats

17
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What is one of the worst effects of non point pollution? How?

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Ground water contamination

Pollutants on the ground can find there way into ground water, then work there way into aquifers

18
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How long does it take for ground water to flow through the pores in rocks

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A long time

19
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How many varietys if bacteria decompose oils in the ocean

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3

20
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What happenes to the bacteria In a oil spill

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The quantity of oil in the ocean overwhelms the bacteria

21
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What things can the ocean not break down

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Plastics

Heavy metals

22
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Why is chemical pollutants dissolved in water a concern?

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  • chemical pollutants are absorbed by fish and other marine organisms
  • those contaminated organisms r then consumers by other organisms, including humans
23
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Where does most of the oil come into the ocean by

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Comes from run off carrying oil off land from vehicle pollution

24
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How does Acid precipitation form acids

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Burning fossil fuels like gasoline and coal introduce nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere
These chemicals react with water in the atmosphere to form acids

25
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What acid’s do acid precipitation form

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Sulfuric and sulfurous acids

Nitric and nitrous acids

26
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Acid precipitation

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Precipitation that is unusually acidic due to the formation of acid compounds in the atmosphere Because of pollution

27
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What happens when carbon dioxide dissolves in water

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Forms carbonic acid

28
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What does acid precipitation make

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Creates bodies of water that are significantly more acidic

29
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Making water or land more acidic does what to plants and animals

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  • changes the environment and kills any organisms that’s cannot Adapt
  • acid precipitation that falls on land affects plants
30
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What can acid precipitation do to buildings

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Any building or monument made out of a chain type of rock will dissolve

31
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A neutral solution is disscribed as

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PH7

32
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What is a ph less than 7

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Acidic

33
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What is greater than 7

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Basic, or alkaline

34
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Where is acidic precipitation more of a problem

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Areas of the world that burn significant fossil fuels

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