UX: WATER POLLUTION

Question 1

Fundamentals of Environmental Health

Answer 1

1. The Environmental System (Man-Environmental Relationship)
2. Principles of Environmental Control
3. Areas of Environmental Health Concerns
4. Emerging Environmental Health Problem

Question 2

Waters in the World

97.6%

Answer 2

Ocean

Question 3

Waters in the World

2.07%

Answer 3

Ice and Snow (Glacier)

Question 4

Waters in the World

0.33%

Answer 4

Groundwater

Question 5

Waters in the World

0.28%

Answer 5

Surface water

Question 6

Water Use in the Philippines

85.6%

Answer 6

Agriculture

Question 7

Water Use in the Philippines

7.3%

Answer 7

Industry

Question 8

Water Use in the Philippines

7.1%

Answer 8

Domestic

Question 9

Largest river in the Philippines

Answer 9

Cagayan River

Question 10

Largest Lake in Luzon

Answer 10

Laguna De Bay

Question 11

Lake that occupies a huge volcanic crater

Answer 11

Lake Taal

Question 12

Largest lake in Mindanao

Answer 12

Lake Lanao

Question 13

Wetlands (swamps, mangroves)

Answer 13

Agusan Marsh, Candaba Swamp

Question 14

What percent of the population use groundwater for drinking?

Answer 14

50%

Question 15

Extraction of groundwater is regulated by?

Answer 15

National Water Resources Board

Question 16

Average range of tropical cyclones per year

Answer 16

11

Question 17

Sanitation

Answer 17

1. Wastewater: Collection, Treatment and Disposal
2. Excreta Disposal Facilities
3. Sewerage and Sewage Disposal

Question 18

How many major river systems in Metro Manila are biologically dead?

Answer 18

4

Question 19

This means that there are no fishes, no life except for plants.

Answer 19

Biologically dead

Question 20

These would indicate dead materials and increased phosphates in the water, which would increase number of plants.

Answer 20

Algal blooms