Along with harming human health‚ air pollution can cause a variety of environmental effects: Acid rain is precipitation containing harmful amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids. These acids are formed primarily by nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. These acids fall to the Earth either as wet precipitation (rain‚ snow‚ or fog) or dry precipitation (gas and particulates). Some are carried by the wind‚ sometimes hundreds of miles. In the environment
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Where do you look when you want to know where pollutants in a lake are coming from? -The watershed and what is going on inside it (watershed approach) What does the Clean Water Act primarily deal with? - point source pollution The Clean Water Act regulates what three categories? - Conventional - Non conventional - Toxic What are the conventional pollutants? - The more common‚ ubiquitous in the environment that are typically in larger quantities What are the Non conventional pollutants
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Environmentally Sustainable Society? Environmental Science is an Interdisciplinary Study A. Environmental Science Studies how the earth works‚ our interaction with the earth‚ and the methods/procedures we use to deal with environmental problems. 1. The biosphere is the natural world: plants‚ animals‚ soils‚ air‚ and water. 2. The culturesphere is defined by technological‚ economic‚ cultural‚ and political aspects of our world. B. Environment & Ecology 1. Environment Considers everything
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Literature Review From the the Encarta encyclopaedia 2010 Water pollution is any chemical‚ physical or biological change in the quality of water that has a harmful effect on any living thing that drinks or uses or lives in it. Dr. Shachin Cartlon (2009) states Water pollution occurs when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. The sources of water pollution are categorized as being a point source or a non-source point of pollution. Point
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Unit 301: Communication and professional relationships with children‚ young people and adults Worksheet 4: Scenario 1 Consider the following questions for each example. Your response needs to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the policies and procedures in your setting. What should you do ? What should you say to the two learners? What action (if any) do you need to take? Unit 301 Learning outcome 2.5 You are supporting a science lesson in a Year 9 classroom. There has been some
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Environmental Pollution Theresa Carter SCI/256 September 15‚ 2014 John Jacobs Environmental Pollution Los Angeles‚ California have been experiencing a growing population within our city. The growing population in this city has caused an increased pressure on the infrastructure and natural resources that are beginning to affect our environment. The expansion of the city has cut deeper into the rural areas that are causing problems to the environment‚ such as a loss in our wetlands‚ water
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Pollution and its types The term pollution refers to the act of contaminating ones environment by introducing certain hazardous contaminants that disturb the ecosystem and directly or indirectly affect the living organisms of that ecosystem. Pollution in general is the activity of disturbing the natural system and balance of an environment. The increase in the pollution over the years by man has caused severe damage to the earth’s ecosystem. It is responsible for global warming which is leading
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Environmental Pollution In Dhaka City Environmental pollution is as old as the civilization itself. It has become a major concern in the last few decades. It is the byproduct of the development of civilization and in fact a price for the progress. The present environmental condition of Bangladesh is not at all equilibrium. Severe air‚ water and noise pollution are threatening human health‚ ecosystems and economic growth of Bangladesh. Air pollution caused due to increasing population‚ burning
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Environmental pollution‚ problems and control measures A. Introduction and definition of environmental pollution – We know that‚ a living organism cannot live by itself. Organisms interact among themselves. Hence‚ all organisms‚ such as plants‚ animals and human beings‚ as well as the physical surroundings with whom we interact‚ form a part of our environment. All these constituents of the environment are dependent upon each other. Thus‚ they maintain a balance in nature. As we are the only organisms
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Environmental Pollution Outline Jason D Windham SCI/256 November-26-2012 University Of Phoenix Environmental Pollution Outline Water management- developing various plans to maintain the present and future water demands. It also may include importing state water‚ developing new resources‚ using reclaimed water‚ and managing existing supplies more cautiously. Describe water management and use. Freshwater sources- Is water from the earth surface using glaciers‚ bogs‚ ice caps‚ ponds‚ lakes
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