Sources, Causes and Effects | Water pollution | Air pollution | Soil pollution | Global problems |
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Pollutants are classified as natural or artificial, according to?
Their origin
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Physical processes, chemical processes and biological processes are methods of?
Water treatment
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Generates the greenhouse effect, climate change and deterioration of the ozone layer?
Air pollution
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What is the other name for solid waste?
Garbage
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What is the natural phenomenon that maintains the temperature balance on Earth?
Greenhouse effect
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What is a natural pollutant?
A pollutant not produced by humans
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For sewage water, treatment that removes from 40% to 50% of solids?
Primary Treatment
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What type of pollution source is a volcano?
Natural source
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To what type of pollution do solid waste, hazardous waste and biological-infectious waste belong?
Soil Pollution
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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
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What pollutants are originated by human activities?
Artificial pollutants
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Biological reactor, secondary sedimentation tank and disinfection belong to ...?
The secondary sewage water treatment
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Air pollutant substances can be generated by?
Natural, fixed source and movable source
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In Mexico, a single person generates an average of ___ of waste a day.
1 Kg
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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
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Artificial pollutants are divided into?
Chemical, physical and biological
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Sold to industry, urbanization, irrigation systems in parks. These are?
Uses for treated water
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What type of air pollutants are NO, CO and CO2?
Primary pollutants
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What are the two types of waste that garbage is composed of?
Organic and biodegradable
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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
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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)
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What is the sourse of pollutants such as: Heavy metals, detergents and solventes?
Industrial discharges
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Formed by the reaction of nitrogen and sulfur oxides with water vapor and solar light?
Acid rain
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Places where garbage is deposited, that is, prepared ground, according to Mexican laws, where garbage is buried so it could not contaminate.
Sanitary landfills
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What does CFC stands for?
Chlorofluorocarbons
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