Eutrophication Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Final disposal of sludge may include all of the following except Choose one answer. a. composting b. sanitary landfill c. land application d. vegetable garden dumping - ANSWER-d. vegetable garden dumping A watertight tank designed to slow down the movement of raw sewage and wastes passing through to the soils is known as a Choose one answer. a. pit privy b. spring house c. septic tank d. grease trap - ANSWER-c. septic tank Sludge and scum accumulation, and ...

point source pollution - Answer discharge from factories, sewage treatment plants, mines, power plants easy to identify, monitor, regulate non-point source - Answer agricultural runoff, storm-water, atmospheric deposition broadly scattered, difficult to regulate and control organic wastes - Answer oxygen demanding wastes most biodegradable, but dissolved O2 is used up raw sewage, paper mill discharge, food waste, dead animals Dissolved oxygen vs. temperature - Answer Dissolved oxyge...

Seeding of BOD samples is necessary when samples correct answers (All of the above) have a chlorine residual, have a previously been chlorinated, have been subjected to high temperatures, contain high or low pH industrial wastes When is blue-green algae the most dominant on a pond treatment system? correct answers Summer A 30-inch diameter wastewater interceptor is observed to be flowing half-full at about two fps. The approximate volume of wastewater flowing through the pipe is 3.14x1.25 ...

Texas Wastewater Class A Exam Prep Seeding of BOD samples is necessary when samples - (All of the above) have a chlorine residual, have a previously been chlorinated, have been subjected to high temperatures, contain high or low pH industrial wastes When is blue-green algae the most dominant on a pond treatment system? - Summer A 30-inch diameter wastewater interceptor is observed to be flowing half-full at about two fps. The approximate volume of wastewater flowing through the pipe ...

Iowa Commercial Pesticide Applicators Final Exam 2024. C1: Describe the value of plants in aquatic ecosystems - correct answer They are primary producers in the aquatic food chain, produce oxygen, provide shelter & sites for spawning, can dampen the force of waves, use nutrients & improve water clarity, stabilize the bottom material C1:Identify specific problems caused by aquatic weeds - correct answer 1)Restriction of recreational activities, 2)foul taste & odor, 3)hinder fish growth ...

what are the bonds that connect the oxygen to the hydrogens in the water molecule? - ANSWER-Covalent bonds If the riparian zone is removed from a river system, what will likely happen to water temperature? - ANSWER-increase Gold mining in California was a significant source of what pollutant? - ANSWER-mercury Which of the following would you expect to have the lowest amount of dissolved solids? (salts, minerals, etc.)? - ANSWER-rainwater What was the source of the toxin that affected...

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY FINAL EXAM ACTUAL TEST NEW GEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 SOLVED AND VERIFIED 100% Which of the items below describes a way that the physical environment affects people? Choose all that apply. 1. Maria, who lives in Juneau, Alaska, has an older brother and a younger sister. 2. Jocelyn, who lives in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, makes her living by selling lobsters to local restaurants. 3. Derrick, who lives near the Shenandoah Mountains, spends most weekends hiking. 4. C...

reservoir a natural or artificial place to store water Watershed a region that drains into a certain water body Aquifer underground rocks and formations that are able to hold groundwater confined aquifer an aquifer with a surface that keeps water from infiltrating, so the water must enter the aquifer at a point farther away fossil water water trapped in ancient aquifers formed 12,000 years or more ago groundwater water that has infiltrated below the groun...

Define succession, seral community (or sere), and climax community - succession- the process of change in the species structure and composition of an ecological community over time. It is more or less orderly and predictable changes following a disturbance or the initial colonization of a new habitat. Usually discussed in terms of the plant species, but animal species present change with the changes in plant species seral community (or sere)- an intermediate stage found in ecological suc...

Biodiversity - ️️broad concept of encompassing total diversity which includes genetic diversity, species diversity and habitat diversity. Genetic diversity - ️️Range of genetic material present in the population of a species Species Diversity - ️️number of organisms within each different species Habitat diversity - ️️range of different habitats within a biome Habitat Diversity Advantages - ️️higher rate of resilience, higher genetic diversity, more nutrients i...