Marine Poullution

Question 1

Pollution

Answer 1

Act of making something impure through man made waste

Question 2

Pollutant classification

Answer 2

Point source
Non point sorce

Question 3

Point source

Answer 3

One, localized source of pollution- easy to mitigate eg ocean discharge

Question 4

Non point source

Answer 4

Many diffused sources - eg land runoff

Question 5

Pollution types

Answer 5

1- Chemical
2- Noise
3- GHG
4- Invasive species
5- Oil pollution
6- Marin edebris

Question 6

Chemical - persistant organic pollutants

Answer 6

Man made eg pcbs

Question 7

Chemical - heavy metal

Answer 7

Heavy metal - non man made -> reduce immune system , mutation, growth and reproduction
Bioaccumulation and biomagnification

Question 8

Bioaccumulation

Answer 8

concentration in tisuues relative to envr inc through time in all TLs
- Species -specific : uptake -loss

Question 9

Biomagnification

Answer 9

high concentrations at HL eg birds and mammals

Question 10

Chemical - Nutrients

Answer 10

Eutrophication - you know it say it

Question 11

Noise

Answer 11

Ship, oil exploration, military act leads to starndongs due to hearing loss

Question 12

Green house gasses

Answer 12

Acidification and inc temperature

Question 13

Acidification + example

Answer 13

Inc in co2 that leads to dec in ph
- caco2 eg corals and shells dissolved or malfunction in slight change in ph

Question 14

Temperature change example

Answer 14

Coral reef and algae in sym , high temp pushes algae out
Sea birds mortality inc because fishes go power

Question 15

Oil pollution

Answer 15

A- vessels
B- pipelines
C- oil drillings