Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________________ Student Exploration: Water Pollution STANDARDS: SEV1: Students will investigate the flow of energy and cycling of matter within an ecosystem and relate these phenomena to human society. SEV 1a: Interpret biogeochemical cycles including hydrologic‚ nitrogen‚ phosphorus‚ oxygen‚ and carbon cycles. Recognize that energy is not recycled in ecosystems. SEV5: Students will recognize that human beings are part of the global ecosystem
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Introducing a discursive essay The opening of an essay is important. It should capture the reader’s attention in some way or another. It should avoid being bland or dull. It should invite the reader to read on and create a sense of interest. If the beginning is flat‚ it will not inspire your audience. Methods of Opening a Discursive Essay The following methods are suggestions. It is up to you to decide which style suits your writing best. Provocative e.g."It is difficult to see how
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Gathering water for African villages is a job placed on the women. They spend countless hours carrying water from distant sources. These sources are often polluted and this continuous effort is an enormous waste of time that could be better used for childcare and education (Wanja). According to J.W.N. Riviere in a publication called "Threats to the Worlds Waters"‚ women and girls in Africa spend 40 billion person hours a year hauling polluted water. Both natural and man-made pollutants have damaged
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Water Pollution Part II Amanda Norris Groundwater Pollution pg. 502: Describe : Groundwater is the water we drink. Few countries go to the great expense of locating‚ tracking‚ and testing aquifers. Volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) contaminate 90% of the U.S. aquifers‚ but 2% of samples had unsafe VOC levels. The US found that ⅓of the 26k industrial waste ponds didn’t have liners to prevent toxic liquid wastes from seeping into aquifers. The EPA had completed the cleanup of 297k of the 436k underground
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Causes of Air Pollution Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulates‚ biological materials‚ or other harmful materials into the Earth’s atmosphere‚ possibly causing disease‚ death to humans‚ damage to other living organisms such as food crops‚ or the natural or built environment. The atmosphere is a complex natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been
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Cincinnati Water and Air Pollution Plan April 1‚ 2007 Air and water pollution has long been a concern in the major cities of the United States but our concern should not end there. Other cities and even small towns are suffering from the effects of pollution. Cincinnati‚ Ohio is a city with very poor air and water quality from pollution so a plan is needed to reverse these effects and restore health to the ecosystem and human life. The term air pollution is used quite often‚ but what
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Directed Writing: Report Water issues that affected villagers health in the little village Written By: Jason Spencer Water is one of human beings most important basic needs. Human can survive without food for couples of days but somehow going without water‚ human will not survive. Using safe‚ clean‚ water is a basic human right. Mother Nature gifts us free water but selfish human beings keeps polluting the water with actions such as chemical leaks‚ littering into water‚ disposing industrial waste
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networking site “Facebook” increased from around one million monthly active users in 2004 to around 1.23 billion monthly active users by the end of 2013.2 Although these statistics are good for as far as business is concerned‚ many people are concerned about whether this new technological age is a good thing overall. Being a teen personally‚ I can admit to finding myself easily distracted by social media on a regular basis. However after recently moving from such a rural and isolated place as Orkney
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What Water is Worth SCI/275 March 3‚ 2012 Karen Marasigan What Water is Worth We Need Clean Water to Survive Thomas Fuller‚ an English author‚ once wrote‚ “We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.” Humans are not the only organisms dependent on water for survival. Plants‚ animals‚ and the entire planet Earth are dependent on water. The Earth is made up mostly of water‚ but only three percent of that water can be considered fresh enough for human consumption. With only three
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Pollution Introduction Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability‚ disorder‚ harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat‚ or light. Pollutants‚ the elements of pollution‚ can be foreign substances or energies‚ or naturally occurring; when naturally occurring‚ they are considered contaminants when they exceed natural levels. Pollution became
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