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What is point source?
Distinct Locations where pollution is directly produced.
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What is the waste water treatment?
Septic systems and sewage treatment plants.
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What is Manure lagoons?
Large human made ponds lined with plastic rubber to prevent the manure from leaking into the groundwater.
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What is oil?
A persistent substance that can spread below and across the surface of water.
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What is solid waste pollution?
Discarded materials from households and industries that do not pose a hazard towards organisms.
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What is Water pollution?
Contamination of streams, lakes, and oceans, or groundwater with substances produced through human activities.
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What is Primary treatment?
Solis waste material settling out of the water.
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What is lead, arsenic, and mercury?
Three heavy metals that pose a serious threat to human health.
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What is drilling undersea oil?
What is naturally?
Sources of oil spills.
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What remains when coal is burned?
Coal ash and coal slag.
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What is non-point source?
Diffuse areas that produce pollution.
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What is the goal of secondary treatment?
Using bacteria to breakdown the organic matter in the water.
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What is Acid deposition?
Acids deposited on Earth as rain, snow, or as gases and particles that attach to the surfaces of plants, soil, and water.
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What is underwater plumes?
Oil spilled that remains under water.
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What is sediment pollution?
Human activity increasing the amount of sand, silt, and clay in the natural waterways.
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What is human waste water?
Water produced by human activities.
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What is a septic system?
Small and simple sewage treatments
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What is synthetic compounds?
Pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and hormones.
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What are containment booms?
Plastic barriers floating on he surface of the water and extending down into the water for several meters.
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What is noise pollution?
Sounds emitted that interfere with animal communications.
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What is disease causing organisms?
What is nutrient release? What is Oxygen demanding waste?
List one of the three major concerns about human waste water.
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What is a sewage treatment plants?
Centralized sewage plants receiving waste water.
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What are chemicals used in manufacturing?
Industrial compounds.
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What is containment booms?
What is a chemical breakdown? What is genetically engineered bacteria?
List one the three ways to remediate oil pollution.
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What is thermal pollution?
A dramatic change in temperature of a body of water.
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