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AP Enviro Sci- Review for Final

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(C) Provide habitat for fish to reproduce
It is purified
About half of the carrying capacity
Measurement of moisture in the air
Water table
(C) Diahrea
Surface water
Water that is used in sinks, showers, and dishwashers
When you know the source of the pollution
Low oxygen in water column (dead zone)
Low nutrient, opposite of eutrophic
Debris; Paticulate organics; Collodial organics; Dissolved organics
Salt water intrusion into aquifers
(C) Wild and scenic river
(E) Harboring diseases (bugs spreading it)
Preliminary and Primary
Grit Selection
A regulatory strategy to address nonpoint source; is the amount the rivers can handle (level of pollutant below threshold)
It regulates point-source pollution
(B) Eutrophication (dead phytoplankton)
(A) Length of exposure and concentration
(D) At least heavy metals and synthetic organisms
(B) To trap sediments
(A) Chlorination, because we would kill the bugs
(B) Halogenated hydrocarbons
Many streams have improved
(A) Heavy metals and synthetic organisms
OSHEA
RCRA
(A) Unused industrial sites that are contaminated
(B) Isolates wastes from food chain and hydrolic cycle
Methane
Excessive nutrients
Mosquitoes
Acid mine drainage
(D) Fumes from products or equipments used in homes or workplaces
(C) Secondary/Tertiary treatment
Infectious diseases
Clear cutting
Sinkholes; Lowering the water table; Drying up all the creeks; Salt water intrusion

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