Bioaccumulation Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Bioaccumulation - ANSWER The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism. Biomagnification - ANSWER Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain abiotic factors - ANSWER natural control measures within the environment. EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features. Biological Control - ANSWER The use of natural enemies to control pests. EX: Predators, Parasites, Pathogens Cultural Control - A...

ENWC 201 Final Exam Questions 2024 Marking Scheme what are wildlife diseases connected to? - Answer -1. conservation of threatened and endangered species 2. recreational use of wildlife 3. public health/loss of life 4. agriculture (livestock) disease - Answer --a disturbance to the normal function of structure of an organism epizootic - Answer --a disease that appears at an unexpected rate, synonymous with epidemic in humans -ex: white-nose syndrome in bats; causes them to wake up i...

PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Core Info Latest Update Graded A+ Bioaccumulation The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism. Biomagnification Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain abiotic factors natural control measures within the environment. EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features. Biological Control The use of natural enemies to control pests. EX: Predators, Parasite...

PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Core Info Questions And Answers 2023. Bioaccumulation - Correct Answer-The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism. Biomagnification - Correct Answer-Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain abiotic factors - Correct Answer-natural control measures within the environment. EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features. Biological Control - Correct Answer-The use o...

PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Core Info Exam Real Questions & Verified Solutions Bioaccumulation - ANSWER The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism. Biomagnification - ANSWER Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain abiotic factors - ANSWER natural control measures within the environment. EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features. Biological Control - ANSWER The use of natural en...

5 disciplines important to environmental studies - correct answer1. uncertainty, risk and complexity 2. scale and jurisdiction 3. technology 4. politics, interest and power 5. values and ideas 6. governance greenhouse effect - correct answerthe warming of earths surface and lower atmosphere cause by inferred (thermal) energy that is absorbed and re-emitted by greenhouse gasses in enhanced greenhouse effect - correct answerthe impact on the climate from the additional heat retaine...

Pesticide applicators License Latest Update Rated A+ Action threshold the pest level at which some type of pest management action must be taken Bioaccumulation The accumulation of toxic substances, such as pesticides, or other organic chemicals in an organism Biomagnification The tendency for certain pesticides to progressively become more concentrated in each type of organism when moving from the bottom to the top organism within a food chain Contact pesticide Pesticide that is not abso...

pest correct answersundesirable organism that injures humans, desirable plants and animals, manufactured products, or natural substances pathogens correct answersdisease causing agents pesticide resistance correct answersa trait possessed by certain individuals that are exposed to a pesticide and survive bioaccumulation correct answersThe accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism. Biomagnification correct answersaccumulation of pol...

PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Core Info Questions And Answers 2023. Bioaccumulation - Correct Answer-The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism. Biomagnification - Correct Answer-Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain abiotic factors - Correct Answer-natural control measures within the environment. EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features. Biological Control - Correct Answer-The use o...

origin of earth - Answer-• Supernova: death of a star (great explosion) • Supernova happened 4.6 bya, dust and gas flattens to a disk and spins faster due to gravity and solar nebula formed. • Solar Nebula: describes formation of Earth 4.5 bya • Nebula: gas cloud origin of oceans - Answer-• volcanic explosion, H2O condensed and rained down for thousands of years to create oceans • icy comets hitting earth (responsible for 1/2 of earths ocean water) origin of life - Answer-•...