Environmental Sci 1 24
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- E coli
- is a good indicator of the amount of sewage in the water
- Pollution Prevention Act
- Which act contains provisions that address reducing the amount of pollution at the point of orgin?
- decaying organic matter
- Humus is composed of
- agriculture
- 72% of the water pollution in rivers is attributed to
- sand
- Water tends to drain rapidly through soil that is high in
- A horizon
- The uppermost layer of soil that is rich in organic material is the
- oligotrophic
- Lakes with naturally occurring low levels of nutrients are called
- methane gas explosion
- One of the problems associated with sanitary landfills is the possiblity of
- B horizon
- The soil layer that is rich in humus but poor in nutrient minerals is the
- wetlands
- Arcata, California's low-tech, natural wastewater treatment system relies on which of the following?
- Soil Conservation Act of 1935
- Which of the following authorized the formation of the Soil Conservation Service (now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service)?
- packaging
- Plastics are the fastest growing component of solid waste largely due to the contribution of
- nitrogen and phosphorus
- One major problem with sewage is that it adds which of the following to water?
- organic fertilizers
- Can consist of manure, crop residues, or bone meal.
- illuviation
- The deposition of leached material in the lower layers of the soil ifs called
- Africa and Asia
- Which of the following two regions have the largest land areas with extensive soil damage?
- 1000
- Average american family of four recycles how many pounds of material each year
- alfalfa
- An important plant to use in crop rotation because of its association with nitrogen- fixing bacteria is
- paper and plastic
- Largest single component of municipal solid waste is
- mercury
- These emissions are linked to/produced by coal- fired power plants.
- agriculture, industry, and mining
- The three largest producers of solid waste in the US are
- erosion
- Sediment pollution is caused by
- economics
- The reuse of glass bottles in the united states has declined because of (1 word)
- United States
- The country with the highest solid wate production per capita
- alfisol
- A type of soil that forms in temperate deciduous forests, has a highly leached A-horizon colored brown to gray-brown is called a/an
- chloroform
- Which of the following is an example of a synthetic organic compound found in polluted water?
- Ecuador
- Country with most extensive glass bottle reuse program
- clay
- In soil, small particles (less than .002mm) are called
- Inorganic chemicals
- are found in groundwater and surface water.
- leaching
- The removal of dissolved minerals from the soil as water moves downward is called
- removes plant cover
- The use of conventional tillage causes soil loss mainly because it
- organic matter
- Soils in the everglades differ from the majority of the world's soils in that the bulk of the soil is composed of
- oxisol
- A type of soil that forms in tropical and subtropical regions where the organic materfast there is very little A-horizon, and the nutrients and minerals are located in the living vegetation is a/an:
- Bioremediation
- involves the use of either microorganisms or plants to clean up a contaminated site
- compost
- A natural soil and humus mixture.
- weathering process
- Soil is formed from parent material by biological, chemical, and physical
- nitrogen
- Legume plants like soybeans add which of the following to the soil?
- spodosol
- A type of soil that forms in coniferous forests, has an acidic a-horizon, is ash gray in color and makes poor farm land
- aluminum cans
- Most successful recycling program in the United States recycles
- Love Canal, NY
- First US city declared a national emergency area because of toxic waste
- Turbidity
- impairs the ability of producers to photosynthesize.
- glassphalt
- Term for crushed glass containers; which can be recycled
- point source pollution
- Pollution that is discharged into the environment through pipes, sewers, or ditches is called
- Rikers Island, NY
- A suprising, but innovative solid waste disposal program involving recycling, composting, and gardening can be found at (City, ST)
- cellular respiration
- Sewage is degraded by the process of
- minerals
- In soil formation, the parent material provides
- United States
- The country with the highest percentage of recycled municipal waste