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LQ1 Compilation Flashcards

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It is the application of science and engineering principles to minimize the adverse effects of human activities on the environment

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Environmental Engineering

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Which of the following best describes sustainable development

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It is considered the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising future generations ability to meet their own needs

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Which level of ecological organization encompasses all individuals of the same species living in the same area?

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Population

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It is the set of interconnected feeding of one organism upon another in a sequence of food transfers by which energy and materials circulate within an ecosystem

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Food chain

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Provisioning

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Food

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Regulating

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Pest control

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Cultural

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Recreation

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Supporting

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Nutrient cycling

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It is the study if relationship between organisms and their environment

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Ecology

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It is commonly referred to the organic material made from living organisms such as plants and animals

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Biomass

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Abiotic

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Physical and chemical

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Biotic

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Living organism

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What are the earth’s life support system

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Lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere

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Which of the following component of the biotic environment produce organic compounds from inorganic compounds

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Autotroph

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Which process that includes the breaking down or dissolving of rock/minerals releases phosphorus from rocks and sediments into the soil and water

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Weathering

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The process of converting nitrates into nitrogen gas by denitrifying bacteria is primarily facilitated in

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Oxygen depleted environment

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17
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Nitrogen is an essential components of which biological molecules

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Protein and nucleic acids

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In the phosphorus cycle, which form of phosphorus is readily available for uptake by plants?

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Phosphate ions

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In hydrologic cycle, which of the following refers to the movement of water through the soil or rock layes into the groundwater

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Percolation

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Disruption is caused by accelerated weathering by cleaning the forests for cultivated land - which causes soil erosion, cycle is accelerated by mining phosphate rock for the manufacture of products such as fertilized and detergents, using phosphate containing products such as fertilizer and detergent increases the rate of phosphorous returns to the sea

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Phosphorus Cycle

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The conversion of ammonia into nitrate ions is an essential step in which process of the nitrogen cycle

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Nitrification

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Which process in the hydrological cycle involves the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water

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Condensation

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Which components of the phosphorus cycle involves the conversion of organic phosphorus compounds into organic phosphate

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Mineralization

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In the carbon cycle, what is the process by which carbon is released from fossil fuels returned to the atmosphere

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Combustion

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Which of the following is a common method used to measure the turbidity of water?

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Nephelometry

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26
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Which of the following is a common water disinfection method used to kill or inactivate microorganisms

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Chlorination

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27
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Which of the following is not a primary source of water pollution

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Acid rain

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What is the primary purpose of primary wastewater treatment?

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Removal of suspended solids

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29
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What is the primary purpose of a water treatment plant?

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To supply safe drinking water

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30
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Bar screens and grit removals area examples of ____ treatment in the wastewater treatment plant

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Primary

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What is the concept of “closed-loop” wastewater systems?

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Systems that recycle wastewater within a single building or facility

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The process of reducing the generation of wastewater through efficient water use and pollution prevention

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Wastewater minimization

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33
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Arrange the typical water treatment process from the start until the end to provide safe drinking water

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Coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection

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Which of the following can contribute to sustainable wastewater management?

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Implementing water conservation measures, upgrading wastewater treatment plants to enhance treatment efficiency, promoting public awareness about wastewater issues

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35
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Which of the following is not a physical property of water

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Temperature

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36
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It is an example of a physical water treatment process

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Sedimentation

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37
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What is the term for the process of reusing treated wastewater for beneficial purposes like irrigation or industrial processes?

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Reclamation

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38
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Preliminary

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removal of large solids

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39
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Removes mostly suspended solids and those pollutants that settle or float

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Primary

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40
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Removes primary organic content via biological process

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Secondary

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41
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Involve chemical treatment and nutrient removal

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Tertiary

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42
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Arrange the following in the order from first to last process for sludge management

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Sludge thickening, sludge digestion, dewatering, disposal

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43
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Atmosphere, lakes and rivers, rocks and soil

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Abiotic

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44
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____ is the primary agency in the implementation of clean water act to regulate industrial wastewater

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Department of environment and natural resources

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45
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Excess carbon dioxide is released from the burning coal
Phosphorus in the fertilizers is washed out by the rain from agricultural lands and eventually ends up in the bodies of water, causing algal bloom
Too much cutting of trees results in to increase in carbon dioxide

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Disruptions in biogeochemical cycle

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46
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Primary water treatment involves three processes to treat wastewater. First is step is

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Screening, were it removes the large floating objects that might clog pipes or damage equipment

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47
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In the hydrologic cycle, this refers to evaporation of water from plants

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Transpiration

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48
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It is used for tertiary treatment

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Chlorination

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49
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Unesco declared the tubbataha reefs national park as a world heritage site. This type of water body is classified as class

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SA

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50
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Parasitism is an interaction wherein one specie lives inside another

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Interaction among organisms

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51
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This is the one of the measurements of organic matter wherein it considers the amount of oxygen demanded by microogranisms in an aerobic condition for five days at 20 degrees celsius is called

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BOD

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52
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Eutrophication is caused by

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Nutrient such as nitrogen and phosphorus

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53
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Urine is known to be this type of wastewater discharge from the household or domestic discharges

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Yellow water

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54
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Water vapor cooling to from clouds or tiny water droplets is termed

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Consendation

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55
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This consists of several interacting populations occupying the same habitat

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Community

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56
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In biogeochemical cycles, this substance is not present in the atmosphere

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Phosphorus

57
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This is also known as the clean water act of 2004

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RA 9275

58
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The definition that Environmental Engineering is manifested by sound engineering thought and practice in the solution to problems of environmental sanitation and concerned with engineering problems in public health was given by?

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American Society of Civil Engineering

59
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In connection with Item No. 1, what year was this definition given?

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1977

60
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Earth Day was first celebrated back in 1970. What is the main purpose of this annual event?

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Environmental protection support through public attention to clean up environment

61
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What do you call the study of interactions between different organisms and between organisms and their environment?

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Ecology

62
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Biosphere is the part of Earth that supports life. Which of the following is not part of the biosphere?

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Ionosphere

63
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What do you call all organisms which can produce living offspring?

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Species

64
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All of her ecosystem combine is called

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Ecosphere

65
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The earths, surface is mostly composed of water, because of these, the earth is referred to as

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Blue planet

66
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This is a distinct, ecological, community of plants, and animals living in a particular climate and are broad terrestrial regions of the biosphere

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Biomes

67
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This degree of wastewater treatment is conducted when specific wastewater constituents which cannot be removed by its previous treatment. Examples include effluent polishing, land treatment, etc..

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Tertiary

68
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This degree of wastewater treatment is sufficient only to irrigate crops that are not consumed by humans or to irrigate orchards, vineyards, and some processed food crops.

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Primary

69
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This is the type of food chain that starts with plants.

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Grazer

70
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What are the 3 R’s of waste management

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Reduce reuse recycle

71
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This is an ecosystem service necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services

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Supporting service

72
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What layer of the soil contains the most nutrients

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Topsoil

73
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This type of wastewater is from commercial products across every industry in nearly all phases production

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Industrial wastewater

74
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This is the art and science of controlling establishment, growth, composition, health and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values of landowners and society on a sustainable basis.

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Siviculture

75
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This type of wastewater is from human activities in households

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Domestic wastewater

76
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This process of hydrologic cycle evaporates water from plants.

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Transpiration

77
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This is the process of using oxygen gas to break down food molecules in cells.

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Cellular respiration

78
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This Republic Act is the Clean Water Act 2004 where its aim is to protect the country’s water bodies from pollution from land-based sources particularly industries and commercial establishments, agriculture and community/household activities.

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RA 9275

79
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These are finely dissolved solids that remain in the solution of wastewater.

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Colloidal solids

80
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This characteristic of wastewater refers to the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air.

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Turbidity

81
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This is the measure of organic materials in waste water in terms of oxygen required to oxidize the organic materials.

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Chemical oxygen demand

82
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This is the amount of oxygen needed to stabilize organic matter using microorganisms

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Biological oxygen demand

83
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These are from fresh and wilted grass or other green crops that can be made to semi-fermented product which can be stored and used as winter forage for cattle and sheep.

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Silage liquor

84
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These are microscopic, single-celled organisms that thrive in diverse environments.

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Bacteria

85
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They feed on bacteria so they help in the purification of treated wastewater.

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Protoza

86
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This administrative order provides guidelines for classification of bodies of water and determination of time trends.

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DAO 2016-08

87
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Rain Forest, Tiaga, Temperate Decidous Forest, Grasslands, Desert, and Tundra

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Five examples of biomes

88
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Predation, Commensalism, Mutualism, Parasitism, Competition

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5 interactions among organisms

89
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It is the application of science and engineering principles to minimize the adverse effects of human
activities to the environment.

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Environmental engineering

90
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This consists of several interacting populations occupying the same habitat.

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Community

91
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This consists of several interacting populations occupying the same habitat.

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Community

92
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The following are abiotic factors of the ecosystem except:

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Flora and fauna

93
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Feeding of one organism upon another in a sequence of food transfers is:

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Food chain

94
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In the soil ecosystem, bacteria plays an important part as

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Decomposer

95
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The organisms phase of the nutrient cycle refers to

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Nutrients becoming part of the cell

96
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The main products of photosynthesis are

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Oxygen and organic molecules

97
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The average conversion efficiency of energy from producers to primary consumers is

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10%

98
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The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia is called

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Nitrogen fixation

99
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Most nitrogen found in

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Atmosphere

100
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Sustainability of ecosystem is made possible through

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Cycling of matter and energy

101
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Transpiration is a process involved in

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Water

102
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The density of water is highest at

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4 degrees

103
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Which of the following is true about the interaction among organisms

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Parasitism is an interaction wherein one specie lives inside another

104
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The epilimnion layer of the lake reaches its maximum depth during

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Summer

105
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During what season is the water in lakes circulated only at the epilimnion layer

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Summer

106
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The species in the hypolimnion of the lake are in what form?

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Reduced

107
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It is in the lake zone where sunlight can penetrate thereby allowing photosynthesis to take place

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Littoral

108
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Water from oceans constitute ___ % of the global water supply

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97.5

109
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It is not a consumptive water

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Treated industrial wastewater

110
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These are forests on tidal mudflat along the seacoast

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Mangroves

111
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Excessive groundwater withdrawals may result in

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Polluted water

112
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It is a government agency that is responsible for drinking water

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DOH

113
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Eutrophication is caused by

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Inorganic nutrients

114
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UNESCO declared the Tubbataha Reefs National Park as a World Heritage Site. This type of water
body is classified as:

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Class SA

115
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Freshwater classification in the Philippines where water is used for drinking purposes but requires
complete treatment.

A

Class AA

116
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Which DENR Administrative Order specifies the effluent standards?

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DAO 20016-08

117
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Which of the following is a physical characteristic of wastewater?

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Color

118
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COD of wastewater is higher than BOD

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True

119
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The recommended range of pH of wastewater before it can be discharged to class A water is:

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6-9

120
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Which of the following water pollutants causes Blue Baby Syndrome?

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Nitrogen

121
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High BOD level of wastewater means:

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High level of pollution

122
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When water condition becomes anaerobic

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Foul smelling gases are produced

123
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What is the principal cause of organic pollution in bodies of water?

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Domestic wastewater

124
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____ is the primary agency in the implementation of clean water act to regulate industrial wastewater.

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DENR

125
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These areas have similar hydrological, hydrogeological, meteorological or geographic conditions
which affect the reaction and diffusion of pollutants in water bodies.

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Water quality management areas

126
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Non-attainment areas refer to water bodies that have exceeded water quality guidelines for:

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Specific pollutant

127
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What type of wastewater is pre-treatment usually performed?

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Industrial wastewater

128
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In the treatment of wastewater, what is the function of the preliminary treatment stage?

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Removal of solids

129
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Which among the following are addressed in the preliminary wastewater treatment?

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Large solids

130
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What is removed in the secondary treatment stage of wastewater?

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Biodegradable organic matter

131
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The waste biomass produced from biological treatment of wastewater is best known as:

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Sludge

132
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What is the most common secondary treatment of wastewater?

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Activated sludge process

133
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It is a biological wastewater treatment method using solid media covered with bacteria.

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Tricking filter

134
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The following are tertiary treatments methods, EXCEPT:

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Sedimentation

135
Q

Adsorption is used to remove heavy metals, pesticides and other pollutants. Which of the following is
a good adsorbent?

A

Carbon

136
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Sludge produced during wastewater treatment may be subjected to anaerobic digestion. This process
produces a gas that can be used as fuel. Which of the following gases is this?

A

Methane

137
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When sludge does not contain hazardous substances it can be used as

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Soil conditioner

138
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Among the wastewater minimization options given below, which is the most preferred option?

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Good housekeeping

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