Phosphorous cycles - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Main questions of course - 1. How do humans alter earth 2. how do human alterations affect the biosphere 3. What can be done to alleviate human alterations of the biosphere Greatest ecological impacts of humans(most to least) - 1. Nitrogen fixation 2. Water use 3. Land transformation 4. CO2 concentration rise 5. Ocean acidification 6. Bird extinction 7. Plant invasion Planetary Boundaries - Limits between which global systems must operate to prevent abrupt and irreversible environment...

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 is 3.14x1.25 x 1.25 x 2 = 4.9 cfs x 449 =...

CHAPTER 3—ECOSYSTEMS: WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY WORK? MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Scientists estimate that tropical rain forests contain up to half of the earth’s land plants and animal species. What percentage of the world’s land surface do tropical rain forests cover? a. 2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 10 e. 12 ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: 3-0 Core Case Study: Tropical Rain Forests Are Disappearing KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New 2. The disappearance of the tropical rain forests is an import...

Cycles Test UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Which of the cycles has no atmospheric component? - Correct Answer- Phosphorous Cycle Transpiration - Correct Answer- Is the loss of water vapor from plants and is released into the atmosphere Evaporation - Correct Answer- When water is converted from liquid to water vapor Infiltration - Correct Answer- Water entering the soil

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 is 3.14x1.25 x 1.25 x 2 = 4.9 cfs x 449 ...

soil correct answers composed of minerals, organic matter, air, and water parent material correct answers geological base material for soil and is determines soil composition weathering correct answers the break down of rock through chemical, physical, or biological processes humus correct answers crumbly material from partially decomposed material formed from biological processes CLORPT correct answers stands for climate, organisms, rest/topography, parent material, time loam cor...

Preliminary Treatment - the 1st stage of sewage treatment where large debris, such as sticks, grit, and rags pas through a screen followed by a grit chamber, where the flow of water is slowed enough to allow for sedimentation. What stage of treatment is grit removal usually accomplished in? - preliminary treatment Rotating Biological Contactor - a type of biological secondary treatment process How are protozoa (cause of amoebic dysentery) destroyed? - disinfection Other than stream d...

Texas Class C Wastewater Treatment License Questions And Answers Latest 2024/2025 Graded A+. What stage of treatment is grit removal usually accomplished in? - ANSWERpreliminary treatment Rotating Biological Contactor - ANSWER-a type of biological secondary treatment process How are protozoa (cause of amoebic dysentery) destroyed? - ANSWER-disinfection Other than stream discharge, what are other ways to dispose of effluent wastewater? - ANSWER-aquifer recharge, evaporation in a pond, and ap...

Thinking about the nutrient cycles learned in the Ecology lectures, what are the key nutrients? -:- Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorous From which reservoir do plants obtain each these nutrients? Where/how do animals obtain these nutrients? -:- Carbon - reservoir - fossil fuels, soils, sediments of aquatic ecosystems, oceans, plant and animal biomass, the atmosphere (photosynthesis) Nitrogen - reservoir - 78% atmosphere, soils and sediments of lake rivers and oceans, surface and ground...

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 ...