B18.2 Land And Waste Managment

Question 1

What are four examples of land pollution ?

Answer 1

Land full
Housing
Agriculture
Farming for resources

Question 2

What are the effects of land pollution ?

Answer 2

Habitat description
Polluting and harmful substances released into the environment

Monoculture

Question 3

What is monoculture ?

Answer 3

The destruction of land contains many species to grow a single crop as a food source
It is a way of meeting food demand however it greatly deduces variation in a population

Question 4

What are some examples of water pollution ?

Answer 4

Eutrophication

Question 5

What are the steps of eutrophication ?

Answer 5

1. Fertilised runs of land into nearby lake or river (leaching)
2. Algae thrives of fertilizer and forms a thick layer on the surface
3. This blocks the light so plants below die
4. No oxygen ridiculed and the decomposers use the remaining oxygen left during decay
5. Little oxygen in the water so other organisms die

Question 6

How does bio accumulation work ?

Answer 6

1. Farmers use fertilizers on their plants
2. Animal eats 5 peices of grass
3. Predator eats 10 of those animals therefore in taking a large amount of toxic chemicals

Question 7

What is bio accumulation ?

Answer 7

Pollutants inside organism build up incrementally the further up they are in the food chasing