Test 1 Flashcards
Atmosphere
Gasses surounding earth’s surface
LithosphereS
Solid outer layer of earth
Hydrosphere
All of earth’s water
Anthroposphere
Environment used, made or modified by humans
Biosphere
Contains all life on earth
Endogenous Cycle
Does not have atmospheric component
Exogenous Cycle
Has atmospheric component
BOD
Biological Oxygen Demand
COD
Chemical Oxygen Demand, quick chemical method to approximate BOD. Uses dichromate .
(1.5mol O2 per 1 mol dichromate)
BOD5
Amount of oxygen consumed in a water sample over 5 days at a temperature of 20C
N-BOD
Oxygen demand for oxidation of nitrogenous compounds such as ammonia and nitrite
C-BOD
Oxygen demand for oxidation of carbonaceous compounds
Hexachlorobenzene
Easy and cheap to synthesize fungicide
DDT
Organochloride pesticide
PCDD
Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins
PCB
Polychloroinated-bphenyls
PCDF
Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans