Pollution Definitions

Question 1

Ecological footprint

Answer 1

The impact we make on the planets resources

Question 2

Bio capacity

Answer 2

Amount of life with stood in one food web

Question 3

Ecological overshoot

Answer 3

Population exceeds long term carrying capacity of its food web

Question 4

Pollutants

Answer 4

Waste material

Question 5

Primary pollutants

Answer 5

Injected into the atmosphere

Question 6

Secondary pollutants

Answer 6

Soil and water pollutants

Question 7

Extinction

Answer 7

Complete destruction of a species

Question 8

Argo fuels

Answer 8

Liquid fuels derived from crops and food

Question 9

Smog

Answer 9

Mixture of smoke and fumes

Question 10

Acid rain

Answer 10

Rain with high ph with SO2 and NOx are released

Question 11

Toxins

Answer 11

Poisons substances

Question 12

Pathogens

Answer 12

Disease producing agents

Question 13

Eutrophication

Answer 13

Ecosystem response to artificial substances ie fertilizer

Question 14

Insecticides

Answer 14

Kill insects

Question 15

Herbicide

Answer 15

Kills weeds

Question 16

Bioaccumulation

Answer 16

Concentration of many pollutants in fatty tissue of animals

Question 17

Leaching

Answer 17

Nutrients in oceans are removed and coral reefs are destroyed

Question 18

Aquifers

Answer 18

Under ground lake

Question 19

Acid mine drainage

Answer 19

Out flow of acidic water from mines

Question 20

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)

Answer 20

Dissolved oxygen needed by aerobic organism to break down organic material

Question 21

Landfills

Answer 21

Disposing of waste by burring it

Question 22

Biodegradation

Answer 22

Chemical dissolution of materials by bacteria

Question 23

Vermin

Answer 23

Pests and those carting disease

Question 24

Deforestation

Answer 24

Trees are cut down for human consumption

Question 25

Desertification

Answer 25

Land on edge of dessert becomes dessert

Question 26

Invasive aliens

Answer 26

Fauna or flora from other lands competing for resources with native species

Question 27

Reforestation

Answer 27

Renewing forest cover by natural seeding or planting seedlings

Question 28

Biodiversity

Answer 28

Degree of variation of life forms in a given food web

Question 29

Bioremediation

Answer 29

Use of microorganism metabolism to remove pollutants

Question 30

Biomagnification

Answer 30

More concentrated in each successful tropic level

Question 31

Selective felling

Answer 31

Cutting down old or damaged trees

Question 32

Strip felling

Answer 32

Cutting down different strips of forest every year