APES Unit 8 Review

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What is the largest component of municipal solid waste in the US? Options: Paper, Plastic, Yard Trimmings, Metal

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Paper

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Endocrine disruptors cause the following impacts to organisms.

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birth defects and cancer

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What is the largest component of municipal solid waste in the US? Options: Paper, Plastic, Yard Trimmings, Metal

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Paper

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Endocrine disruptors cause the following impacts to organisms.

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birth defects and cancer

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Which of the following is NOT used as a tertiary treatment to sanitize wastewater? Options: Chlorine, Ozone, UV light, CFC

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CFC

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DDT is a POP (Persistent Organic Pesticide) that can act as an endocrine disruptor. Which would it have the greatest effect on? Options: Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, Autotrophs

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Secondary Consumers

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The release of a large amount of sewage overflow into a nearby creek would lead to:

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Low DO, High BOD, High Fecal Coliform

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In a river ecosystem, why do dissolved oxygen concentrations drop quickly downstream from a point-source input of organic matter into the river?

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increasing bacterial activity as organic matter decays

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Aquatic ecosystem that serves as a nursery for many species and suffers from pollution from city harbors like the Chesapeake Bay.

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estuaries

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Presence of fecal coliform bacteria suggests that

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untreated animal waste contaminated the water