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UX: LAND POLLUTION Flashcards

1
Q

This is the addition of undesirable matter to land that: damage the terrestrial organisms

A

Land pollution

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2
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Land pollution reduces the used of land for agricultural, r_____, r_____ or other purposes

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residential, recreational

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3
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Land pollution increases the risk of h____ h___ to man

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health hazard

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4
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T/F: In land pollution, it is not just one individual that is affected but the entire population.

A

T

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5
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Soil Composition

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  • Minerals
  • Air
  • Water
  • Organic matter from plant and animal residue
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6
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Soil Functions

Commonly observed for houses

A

Bearing function

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7
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Soil Functions

Commonly observed in agriculture

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Production or plant growth function

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8
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Soil Functions

This refers to disrupting bacterial functions which can result to less decomposition of soil material

A

Decomposition or ecological function

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9
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Soil Functions

This is one of the occult or hidden functions of soil

A

Filter function

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10
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The soil is one of the filters for w_____.

A

water

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11
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Replacing soil with other materials will result to r____ o____ of chemicals in g_____.

A

run off, groundwater

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12
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Sources of Land Pollution

Accidental c____ s_____

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chemical spills

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13
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Sources of Land Pollution

Improper disposal of?

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chemicals and industrial waste

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14
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Sources of Land Pollution

Agriculture, m____ and q_____

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mining, quarrying

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15
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Sources of Land Pollution

Sewage s_____, h____ solid waste

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sludge, household

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16
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Sources of Land Pollution

Other sources

A
  • Chemicals that erode over time
  • Plastic pollution
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17
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This refers to soil contaminants that are spilled onto the surface through many different activities.

A

Accidental Chemical Spills

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18
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Improper Disposal of Chemicals and Industrial Wate

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  • Factory waste
  • Human waste
  • Improper garbage disposal
  • Chemicals that corrode overtime
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19
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Improper Disposal of Chemicals and Industrial Waste

These do not decompose

A

Plastics

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20
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Improper Disposal of Chemicals and Industrial Waste

Found in our blood and feces

A

Microplastics

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21
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Improper Disposal of Chemicals and Industrial Waste

Research in UP Biology to find decomposing bacteria for long-living plastics such as?

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sando bags and pet bottles

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22
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T/F: We use portions of our lands as dump sites.

A

T

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23
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Examples of lands turned to dump sites in the Philippines

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Smokey Mountains and Payatas

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24
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Improper Disposal of Chemicals and Industrial Waste

Explosions can happen due to trapped _____ from decomposing.

A

Methane

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25
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Improper Disposal of Chemicals and Industrial Waste

If this is not properly disposed, it can accumulate in soil and affect hormones or risk for cancers

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Chemical wastes

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26
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In the Philippines, since we don’t have the same balance from the old times and control a lot of the process, what agriculture is used?

A

brute force agriculture

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27
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Plants need a lot of ____ from the soil.

A

Nitrogen

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28
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These changes the soil composition, and yield of crops become lesser

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Fertilizers

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29
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Example of Fertilizers

30
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Proper way of nature’s way in agriculture

A

Weeds in corn, rice

can be nitrogen-fixing

31
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These can kill bugs, weeds, and can flow through irrigation and escape through the river.

A

Pesticides and herbicides

32
Q

Where does pesticides escape to?

A

tributaries of a river

33
Q

T/F: Pesticides and herbicides may not kill us but can change compositions in our body.

34
Q

What can lead to multiple disasters such as runoff?

A

minerals extracted from sides of mountains

35
Q

When it rains over the mountains, particularly at mining areas affected with chemicals, it will wash over these chemicals and bring it to our sources of freshwater.

36
Q

Two types of mining

A
  • Small scale mining
  • Large scale/industrial mining
37
Q

What is used in small scale mining which may lead to runoff?

38
Q

Mining

Less regulated like only mining gold

A

Small scale mining

39
Q

Mining

One problem here is maintaining the safety of miners and runoff

A

Large scale/industrial mining

40
Q

Untreated s____ can contaminate land and bodies of water

A

Sewage / Sewage sludge

41
Q

T/F: In urban areas, there are already water treatments for safe drinking water

42
Q

Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Soil

Pollutants might be washed away by p____, causing little or no harm to the ground

A

precipitation

43
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Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Soil

The pollutant, if v____, could e_____ and cause little harm to soil

A

volatile, evaporate

44
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Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Soil

Pollutants could infiltrate through the u____ soil, in much the same way as g_____

A

unsaturated soil, groundwater

45
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This refers to increase in concentration of a pollutant from the environment to the first organism in a food chain

A

Bioaccumulation

46
Q

This refers to increase in concentration of a pollutant from one link in a food chain to another.

A

Biomagnification

47
Q

This is one of the major contributors to land pollution

A

Solid waste

48
Q

T/F: Some take years before it becomes eliminated from the environment.

49
Q

Biggest polluters of plastic

A

PH and Japan

50
Q

This is waste arising from domestic, commercial, institutional activities in urban areas

A

Municipal waste

51
Q

This is a mix of biodegradable and non biodegradable waste.

A

Municipal Waste

52
Q

Municipal Waste arise from d_____, c_____, i_____ activities in urban areas.

A

domestic, commercial, institutional

53
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This is waste arising from industrial activity and typically include rubbish, ashes, and hazardous waste.

A

Industrial Waste

54
Q

Industrial waste arise from industrial activity and typically include r_____, a_____, and h_____ waste

A

rubbish, ashes, hazardous

55
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Examples of industrial waste

A

Heavy metals, old computers

56
Q

This waste poses substantial danger immediately or over a period of time to human, plant or animal life.

A

Hazardous Waste

57
Q

Hazardous waste poses s______ d______ immediately or over a period of time.

A

substantial danger

58
Q

Hazardous waste will exhibit the following:

A
  • Toxicity
  • Ignitability
  • Corrosivity
  • Reactivity
59
Q

Hazardous Waste

Ability to explode

A

Ignitability

60
Q

Hazardous Waste

Gets corrosive if applied to skin

A

Corrosivity

61
Q

Hazardous Waste

An example of this is lithium ion batteries, which cannot be used to charge aircrafts since it might explode

A

Reactivity

62
Q

Answer to land pollution

A

Solid Waste Management

63
Q

Public Health Implications of Improper Sw management

A
  • Aesthetic problems (eyesores, odor)
  • Clogging of sewers, drains & river
  • Breeding place of insects & rodents
  • Surface & groundwater pollution
64
Q

Functional Elements of Solid Waste Management

A
  • Waste Generation
  • Storage
  • Collection
  • Transfer and Transport
  • Processing and Recovery
  • Disposal
65
Q

This refers to having a space container for waste instead of dumping trash on top of each other.

A

Modern Landfill System

66
Q

It is the liquid portion that seeps off waste. There should be a plan that manages this portion.

67
Q

Gas collection of leachate could be used for e____ g_____.

A

electricity generation

68
Q

Trash should have a p_____ c____ in an ideal world.

A

protective cap

69
Q

This should have a monitor of whether the leachate is reaching the ground.

A

Water table

70
Q

Water tables should have a p___ l___ that should not be crossed.

A

protective line

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