Land Pollution Flashcards
Land pollution is the addition of undesirable matter to land that:
damage the ____ organisms,
terrestrial
Land pollution is the addition of undesirable matter to land that: reduce the uses of the land for ___, ___, ____ or other purposes
agricultural, residential, recreational
Land pollution is the addition of undesirable matter to land that: ___ the risk of health hazards to man.
increase
Soil Composition: Select all that apply
Minerals
Air
Solid Waste
Organic Matter from plant
Microplastics
Organic matter from animal residue
all except solid waste and microplastics
Soil Function: the capacity of soil to support the loads that are applied to the ground above
Bearing function
Soil Function: Medium for plant growth
Production or plant growth
function
Soil Function: recycling old, dead materials into the raw materials
decomposition or ecological function
Soil Function: Filter
Filter function
Sources of Land Pollution: Odd man out
a accidental chemical spills
b household solid waste
c improper disposal of chemicals and industrial waste
e. none of the above
none of the above
Sources of Land Pollution: Odd man out
a. agriculture
b. mining and quarrying
c. sewage sludge
d. Forestry Practices
e. solid waste
d. forestry practices
Source of Land Pollution: Soil contaminants are spilled onto the surface through many different activities.
Accidental chemical spills
Source of Land Pollution: disposal of Toxic and hazardous chemicals
Improper disposal of chemicals and industrial waste
Source of Land Pollution: Untreated sewage can contaminate land and bodies of water
Sewage Sludge
Source of Land Pollution: Open dumping of Solid waste
Household solid waste
Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Soil: pollutant might be washed away by ____
precipitation
T/f: precipitation of pollution causes no harm to the ground
TRUE - but will accumulate somewhere else
Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Soil: pollutant might be washed away by precipiration and will simply ___ somewhere else
accumulate
Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Soil: volatile pollutants evaporate causing no harm to the soil
TRUE - but becomes a source of air pollution
t/f: pollutant could infiltrate through the saturated soil, in much the same way as groundwater
false, unsaturated
t/f: In case of continuous pollution, it may accumulate in the soil
TRUE
some chemicals in continuous pollution like heavy metals and pesticides can ___ and ___ through the food chain
bioaccumulate and biomagnify
increasein concentration of a pollutant from the environment to the first organism in a food chain
bioaccumulation
increasein concentration of a pollutant from one link in a food chain to another
biomagnification
One of the major contributor to land pollution
Solid waste
