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EES 100 Final Exam Ruskin UMaine With Questions And 100% SURE ANSWERS
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Where do most people get their water from? groundwater
point source
What are the two kinds of pollution?
non point source
fracking
What is an example of point source pollution?
-increases natural gas production by shaking up the rocks in the reservoir being tapped into
eutrophication
What is an example of non-point source pollution?
comes from many different places so cannot physically "point" to it
What is cultural eutrophication? the process of eutrophication accelerated by people
Excess nutrient into a water way cause an algal bloom which use up all the dissolved oxygen during
What is eutrophication?
decomposition
What does eutrophication create? an anaerobic environment in which virtually all of the organisms die
What is environmental toxicology? the study of impacts of pollutants on the structure and functions of an ecosystem
risk
What are the three things that environmental
exposure
toxicologists look at?
dosage
What are risks associated with environmental the likelihood of an injury or disease because of exposure
toxicology?
the source in which it comes from and the route it takes to get to a place where it becomes
How is the exposure of toxic materials assessed?
dangerous i.e. ingestion, injection etc
What matters the most when considering a toxic the dosage
substance? frequency and duration of exposure
EES 100 Final Exam Ruskin UMaine
What are externalities? when you consume something that imposes a cost that you don't pay for
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