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Unti 3 - Topic 5 Flashcards

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1
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Early 1800s
1930s
1975
1999
Now
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About 1 billion ppl 
Doubled 
Doubled
6 billion
7 billion
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Non-persistent pollutants

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Wastes that can be broken down into simple non-polluting compounds by naturally occurring chemical reactions, or bacterial action

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Persistent pollutants

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Accumulate in environment

Break down slowly, or perhaps not at all

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Examples of np

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Fertilizers
Sewage
Organic matter
Fruits and veggies

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Examples of p

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Pesticides
Petroleum products
Heavy metal wastes

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Damage caused by … irreversible

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Persistent pollutants

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Most pollutants eventually find way into … through …

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Water 
Washed out of atmosphere by
- Acid precipitation 
- Normal precipitation 
Direct seepage
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Honeybee colonies used

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Indicate presence of hazardous materials in environment

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Why honeybees used for monitoring

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Live under many dif environmental conditions

Colonies introduced almost anywhere hazardous substances suspected

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Electronic beehives

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University of Montana
Provide useful info about environment
Record every bees behaviour

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Bees behaviour includes

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How often it flies
Pollen gathered
How bees control environment in hives

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Pollutants brought into hives detected using

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Electronic instruments attached to hives

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13
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Most likely source of phosphorus

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Phosphates

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Phosphates occur naturally

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In most soil and water below 0.5 ppm

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Nitrogen available most often in

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Nitrates

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Clean water naturally contains

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0.1-0.3 ppm of nitrates

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Excessive amount of nitrates in water

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Usually sign of decomposition of organic matter

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Algae

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Type of aquatic micro-organism capable of photosynthesis

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Algal bloom

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Dense growth of algae
Result of excess phosphates and nitrates that enter water sources from Sewage and run-off
Proper
Large increase in pop of algae due to increased level of nutrients in water system

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When algae dies

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Decomposition of it leads to low levels of 02

Leads to death/injury f aquatic animals

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Pungent decay smell indicates

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Process of algal bloom occurring

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Water-quality technicians/dye

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Used frequently tot rack movement of wastes in sewage systems
Used to locate pipes needing repair

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Dyes problems and temporary solution

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Hard to spot in large systems

Caffeine suggested

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Caffeine problem

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No natural occurrence in environment apart from human waste
Study in Seattle, Washington found two-thirds test sites polluted w/ caffeine
Motorists and coffee-stand operators dumping cold coffee into sewer systems
Dye method had to remain in place

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Softeners

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Usually sodium carbonate
In laundry and dishwater detergents
Help soaps remain effective in hard water

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Hard water contains

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Calcium, magnesium p, and/or iron salts

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Salts in hard water

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React w/ soap suds to form curds and reduce cleaning power of soap
Binds to carbonate instead of soap suds

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Turbulent water

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More oxygen mixed into it

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Temperature/dissolved oxygen

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Temp. Affects how much dissolved oxygen can be held in water

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Biological indicators

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Living organism whose states are indicative of conditions of conditions in particular environment

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Pollution … amount of dissolved 02 in water

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Decreases

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Pollutants/animals in area

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Decrease # and variety of organism s in affected area

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Clean zone

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8ppm 
Trout
Perch
Bass
Mayfly 
Stonefly
Caddies fly larvae
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Decomp. Zone

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Oxygen sag
Carp
Catfish
Leeches

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Septic Zone

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Nastiest
2 ppm
No fish
Sludge worms 
Idle and mosquito larvae
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Recovery Zone

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Oxygen increases
Carp
Catfish 
Leeches
Isopods
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Macroinvertebrates

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Organisms visible to unaided eye

Having no backbone

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Macroinvertebrates examples

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Crustaceans 
Molluscs
Gastropoda
Oligochaetes 
Insects
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Crustaceans

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Crayfish

40
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Molluscs

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Clams

Mussels

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Gastropods

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Snails

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Oligochaetes

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Worms

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Most numerous form of macroinvertebrates

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Larval forms of insects

So focus of most stream surveys

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Good quality (8-10 ppm)

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Stonefly nymph
Mayfly nymph
Caddisfly larvae 
Water penny beetle
Riffle beetle
Gilled snail
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Moderate quality (4-8 ppm)

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Dragonfly nymph
Damselfly nymph
Cranefly nymph 
Clams and mussels
Sow bug
Crayfish
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Poor quality (0-4 ppm)

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Midge larvae
Blackfly larvae
Pouch snail
Leech
Aquatic worm
Planorbid snail
47
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Lichens

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Rootless organisms

Combination fo fungus and green alga or phot-synthetic bacteria

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One of hardiest organisms found on Earth

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Lichen

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Lichens absorb all of nutrients

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Directly from atmosphere

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Lichens cannot tolerate

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Poor quality air

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Early warning system using lichens

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Presence or absence of specific lichen varieties alerts scientists to presence of pollutants in area long before other organisms affected

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Point sources

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Specific locations pollutants originate

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Point source examples

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Drainpipes 
Smokestacks 
Sewer out talks
Industrial effluent pipes
Acid draining out of abandoned mines
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Non-point sources

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Source of pollution in which pollutants diffuse and originate from no specific location

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Non-point source examples

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Feedlots
Golf courses
Busy highways
Construction sights 
Fertilized fields 
Acid rain
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Type of pollutant harder to control + why

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Non-point

Emissions don’t occur regularly

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Water pollution occurs w/

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Bank erosion and bacterial deposition

58
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Algae may occur

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Seasonally or due to pollution

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