Pollution Flashcards
What two things have negatively affected the environment for centuries?
Over exploitation and pollution.
What does ‘Monoculture’ do?
It keeps the cost of production low while reducing biodiversity and damaging the soil.
Define Pollution.
Pollution is the contamination of land, water or air by the discharge of harmful substances.
Name three types of pollution(excluding land, water and air).
Noise, Light and Solid waste.
Define Land pollution.
Any type of solid, liquid or gaseous discharge released by humans that directly affect the land around them.
What is solid wastes and list a few.
Solid wastes are non biodegradable pollutants. Example: plastic botlles, glass, Stryofoam and metals.
Define ‘Eutrophication’.
Eutrophication is the enrichment of an ecosystem with chemical nutrients, typically compounds containing nitrogen, phosphorus or both.
List 5 stages of ‘Eutrophication’.
Addition of Nutrients, Growth of Plants, Death of plants, Lack of oxygen and Suffocation.
Name the origin of Non-Biordegradable items.
Households, factories, restaurants and events.
List the domino of effects with Non-biodegradable items.
Blocking waterways, flood, disease, pests loss of crops.
Name a way to control this pollutoin.
Reduce production of Non biodegradable items and replace it with bio-degradable items. Dispose of it responsibly by Recycling and Reusing.
Name the origin of lead, mercury, plastic particles and cyanide.
Households and Industries.
What is one effect of this pollution?(lead, mercury, plastic particles and cyanide)
Can enter the environment and poison organisms.
Name the origin of insecticides and herlacides.
Agriculture.
What is the effect of this pollution?(insecticides and herlacides)
It can accumulate in organisms and kill top consumers also it can cause mutation and cause eutrophication.
