Sources, Causes and Effects Water pollution Air pollution Soil pollution Global problems
100
Pollutants are classified as natural or artificial, according to?
Their origin
100
Physical processes, chemical processes and biological processes are methods of?
Water treatment
100
Generates the greenhouse effect, climate change and deterioration of the ozone layer?
Air pollution
100
What is the other name for solid waste?
Garbage
100
What is the natural phenomenon that maintains the temperature balance on Earth?
Greenhouse effect
200
What is a natural pollutant?
A pollutant not produced by humans
200
For sewage water, treatment that removes from 40% to 50% of solids?
Primary Treatment
200
What type of pollution source is a volcano?
Natural source
200
To what type of pollution do solid waste, hazardous waste and biological-infectious waste belong?
Soil Pollution
200
Increase of temperature on Earth whic is very dangerous, because it may spawn a variety of natural phenomena such as tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons and storms.
Climate change
300
What pollutants are originated by human activities?
Artificial pollutants
300
Biological reactor, secondary sedimentation tank and disinfection belong to ...?
The secondary sewage water treatment
300
Air pollutant substances can be generated by?
Natural, fixed source and movable source
300
In Mexico, a single person generates an average of ___ of waste a day.
1 Kg
300
This layer has steadily deterioration due to pollution mainly because of products containinig substances that are principally in sprays, refrigerant gases and pesticides.
Ozone layer
400
Artificial pollutants are divided into?
Chemical, physical and biological
400
Sold to industry, urbanization, irrigation systems in parks. These are?
Uses for treated water
400
What type of air pollutants are NO, CO and CO2?
Primary pollutants
400
What are the two types of waste that garbage is composed of?
Organic and biodegradable
400
What is the name of the natural cyclical phenomenon presented each two to seven years, with different intensity and durability?
El NiƱo Southern Oscillation, ENSO
500
Why were Mario Molina, Rowland Sherwood and Paul Crutzen given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995?
For their research and discovering about the deterioration of the ozone layer causes by the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
500
What is the sourse of pollutants such as: Heavy metals, detergents and solventes?
Industrial discharges
500
Formed by the reaction of nitrogen and sulfur oxides with water vapor and solar light?
Acid rain
500
Places where garbage is deposited, that is, prepared ground, according to Mexican laws, where garbage is buried so it could not contaminate.
Sanitary landfills
500
What does CFC stands for?
Chlorofluorocarbons






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