Test 3

Question 1

What is source water?

Answer 1

Untreated water used to make drinking water. Should be used for landscape.

Question 2

What is finished water?

Answer 2

Drinking water.

Question 3

Suface Water

Answer 3

All water on the surface. (lakes, rivers, reservoirs, ponds, and oceans)

Question 4

Groundwater

Answer 4

Water that is contained in the interconnected pores in an aquifer. Underground.

Question 5

Nonrenewable water

Answer 5

In aquifers and other natural reservoirs. It is NOT recharged by hydrological cycle or is recharged so slowly that significant withdrawal for human use can cause depletion.

Question 6

Renewable water

Answer 6

Freshwater that is continuously replenished by hydrological cycle for withdrawal within reasonable time limits such as rivers lakes or reservoirs that fill from precipitation or runoff.

Question 7

Water Disinfection Byproducts

Answer 7

Chlorine, chlormines, chlorine dioxide, and ozone. Chlorine is associated with trihalomethanes (THMs)

Question 8

Four Steps of Water Treatment Plants

Answer 8

1. Coagulation: removes suspended material.
2. Sedimentation: heavy particles settle to bottom of tanks.
3. Filtration: removes smaller particles.
4. Disinfection: kills bacteria or microorganisms.

Question 9

Sources of Water Pollution

Answer 9

Beach and Coastal pollution:over development with billions of treated and untreated wastewater. Urban runoff and sewage contamination of ocean and water pollution.

Question 10

Examples of waterborne diseases (how and human health impacts)

Answer 10

Cryptosporidiosis, cholera, and viruses

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Question 11

Primary Standards

Air Quality

Answer 11

Set limits to protect public health, including the health of ‘sensitive’ populations (asthmatics, children and the elderly)

Question 12

Secondary Standards

Air Quality

Answer 12

Set limits to protect public welfare, including protection against decreased visibility, damage to animals, crops, vegetation, and buildings.

Question 13

Temperature Inversion

Answer 13

Atmospheric condition when warm air stalls above cool air that is close to surface of earth. This causes pollutants to b trapped to the earth’s surface.

Question 14

What is Smog?

Answer 14

Mixture of pollutants, primarily ground-level ozone. It is produced by chemical reactions in the air, creating smog. It is formed by anthropogenic and natural sources.

Question 15

What are the health effects of smog/air pollution?

Answer 15

Cancer such as lung and skin. Damage to vital tissues and organs, such as the nervous system.. Also impair lung/breathing function.

Question 16

What are the environmental impacts of smog/air pollution?

Answer 16

Property damage, reduce visibility, harms forest, lakes and other bodies of water, and injure wildlife.

Question 17

Causes of Indoor Air Pollution

Answer 17

Caused by mold and bacteria, carbon monoxide, chemicals released from building and furnishing materials, tobacco smoke, and gases (radon) from foundation. It is more enclosed.

Question 18

Causes of Indoor Air Pollution

Answer 18

Caused by mold and bacteria, carbon monoxide, chemicals released from building and furnishing materials, tobacco smoke, and gases (radon) from foundation. It is more enclosed.

Question 19

Illness from poor indoor air quality

Answer 19

Sick building syndrome: no specific cause, acute health and comfort effects.
Building-related illness: diagnosable illness, linked to specific pollutants.

Question 20

Difference between indoor and out door air pollution

Answer 20

Indoor is contained, outdoor is not. There is a higher chance of ingesting pollutants indoor. There are different pollutants.

Question 21

Stationary air pollution

Answer 21

Electric generating plants, factories and manufacturing complexes, oil refineries, chemical plants and incinerators. They have strict emission rates, easy to manage, direct air particles to particular place, and close to the ground.