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1
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5 uses of water

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  • human drinking water
  • recreation
  • livestock drinking water
  • irrigation
  • protection of aquatic life
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Microbiological indicators

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Microscopic organisms such as bacteria can cause serious health issues.

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Aquatic invertebrates

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Water with a large number of harmful bacteria that causes illness

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What indicates unsafe water

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Water that shows affect of pollution

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Invertebrates

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Animals without backbones (insects, crustaceans, worms and mollusks)

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What are invertebrates used for

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Used for monitoring because different invertebrates prefer different living conditions

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What can affect these types of organisms

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Water temperature and pH

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Aquatic environment

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If the pH of the wafer is below 5.0 you will not find many fish there

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Why does the diversity decrease

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Because it’s acidity that increases and its dissolved oxygen decreseases

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What is monitored in water quality

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  • dissolved oxygen
  • acidity
  • heavy metals
  • plant nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus)
  • pesticides
  • salts such as sodium chloride
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Ppm

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Parts per million or milligrams per litre

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Ppb

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Parts per billion

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How many times do you move the decimal if it’s ppm

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You move the decimal 6 times to the right

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How many times do you move the decimal if it’s ppb

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You move the decimal 9 times to the right

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Why is dissolved oxygen essential

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For the health if aquatic life such as fish, insects and micro organisms

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What does the level of dissolved oxygen depend on

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  • temperature
  • turbulence due to wind or the speed of moving water
  • the amount of photosynthesis by plants and algae in the water
  • the number of organisms using up the oxygen
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17
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What do the white dots represent

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Number of bacteria

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18
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What does a clean lake have

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Contains a variety of organisms. (Fish, mayfly nymph, stonefly nymph, midge larvae and worms).

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What does the second stage have

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Added plant nutrients from treated sewage or runoff from fields causes more algae. Fewer fish can live in these conditions

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Third stage

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Some plants die. The population of bacteria increases. The lake is no longer a place where fish and insects can live in

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Acidic deposition

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Major problem because the soil and water lack natural bases to neutralize acidic precipitation

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What is Spring acid shock

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When the snow melts the acid meltwater flows into aquatic systems.

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What concentration does this create

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Of acid that can lower pH of the water in a pond, lake or river for a short time

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Why is Spring acid shock dangerous

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Affects the eggs of aquatic organisms

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25
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Toxiticy

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Describes how poisonous a substance is

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What do toxins produce

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Produce serious health or death

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27
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What is LD50

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Used to compare toxins

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28
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What does LD stand for

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Lethal dose

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29
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What does the 50 represent

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50%

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30
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What is LD50 the amount of

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Amount of a substance that causes 50% of a group of test animals to die if they are given a dose

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Mercury poisoning

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Numbness of arms and legs, involuntary movements, nerve damage, brain damage

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What does Mercury belong to

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Belongs to a group of substances called heavy metals

33
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Heavy metals density

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5 g/cm cubed or more

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Example of heavy metals

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Copper, zinc, Mercury, cadmium, nickel

35
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nitrogen

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78%

36
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Oxygen

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21%

37
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Argon

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Less than 1%

38
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Carbon dioxide

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0.03%

39
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How can Air quality be determined

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By measuring the levels of pollutants in the air
Estimating the amount of emissions from pollution sources

40
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Sulfur dioxide

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A major air pollutant that forms smog and acid rain

41
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How does sulfur dioxide affect u

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Affects ur respiratory system and irritates eyes

42
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Major source of sulfur dioxide

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Industrial process

43
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Gypsum

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Calcium sulfate

44
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What can gypsum be used for

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Used in manufacturing

45
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Nitrogen oxides

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Major air pollutants that form smog and acid rain

46
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What does nitrogen oxides affect u

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Respiratory system and the eyes

47
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How do nitrogen oxides form

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Form from combustion in vehicles

48
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What do nitrogen oxides combine with

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Combined with oxygen to form nitrogen monoxide gas, then combines with oxygen in the atmosphere to form nitrogen dioxide, a brownish gas

49
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Carbon monoxide

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Called the silent killer because it is a colourless and odourless gas

50
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What happens when chemicals containing carbon burn

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Produce carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide

51
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When does carbon monoxide form

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If there is not enough oxygen to produce carbon dioxide

52
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What if there is enough oxygen during combustion

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Carbon dioxide is produced

53
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Carbon monoxide source

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Motor vehicles

54
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How does carbon monoxide affect u

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Reduces the amount of oxygen carried by the blood which can cause headaches, sleepiness, chest pains, brain damage and death

55
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Where is ozone found

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Earths surface

56
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Ozone

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Colourless, odourless gas composes of 3 oxygen atoms

57
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How does ozone form

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From reactions between oxygen, nitrogen oxides and compounds called (VOCs) in the presence of heat and sunlight

58
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VOCs

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Volatile Organic Compounds

59
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What are VOCs

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Organic chemicals that evaporate easily

60
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Ground level ozone source

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Fuel combustion in vehicle engines and industry

61
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To who is ozone harmful to

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Ppl who have lung disease like asthma and anyone with a cold

62
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What does a greenhouse do

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Traps heat from the Suns radiant energy

63
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What does this heat do

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Allows living things to live grow and reproduce

64
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The atmospheric gases that trap heat are

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Greenhouse gases

65
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What are the greenhouse gases

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Water Vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides

66
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Enhanced greenhouse effect

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Results from the greater concentration of gases trapping even more heat

67
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Why is enhanced greenhouse effect a problem

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Increases overall temperatures on Earth. This is called global warming

68
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Why is global warming dangerous

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Because it can lead to climate change which could affect living things all around the world.
Violent storms, floods, and spread of diseases

69
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Ozone layer formation

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The ozone layer is a natural formation of ozone 15 to 50 km above the Earths surface

70
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What has been noticed about the ozone layer

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That this layer has become thinner allowing more UV radiation to reach the Earth’s surface. Some are so thin they are called holes in the ozone

71
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What is the affect of the thinning of the ozone

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Caused by the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

72
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How are CFCs used

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Used in many different applications such as refrigerators, hairspray and fire extinguishers

73
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How do CFCs destroy the ozone

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UV radiations breaks then down into substances such as chlorine that destroy the ozone layer

74
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What can 1 atom remove

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One atom can remove 100 000 ozone molecules

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