Bioremediation and Phytoremediation

What is bio-remediation?

• Process where organic things are used to break down pollution

• When you use biology to meditate

• When you amend biological things

• Process where you watch bacteria break things down

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When you use bio-remediation it breaks down toxins ...

• It makes the area into new soil

• it creates a new substance for fuel

• it detoxifies an area completely or partially

• it creates fuel for algae

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Phyto-remediation uses what for bio-remediation

• Bacteria

• Worms

• Fungi

• Plants

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Microorganisms can be used for the bioremediation process in case of:

• Oil spill

• Sewage treatment

• Organic waste treatment

• All of them

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What percentage of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was available for biodegradation?

Explain how you arrived at your answer. (Hint: look for the categories with *)

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Why can an oil spill in a lake spread out over a large area?

• oil and water do not mix so the oil on top can float anywhere

• oil and water mix so the oil it can stay contained

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Phytoremdiation basically refers to use plants and associated soil microbes to reduce the concentrations or toxic effects of contaminants in the environment

• No

• Yes

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All plants have the ability in accumulating all elements including heavy metals

• No

• Yes

It is when contaminants are taken into the food chain through uptake in living tissues.

• Bioaccumulation

• Biomagnification

• Bioremediation

• Phytoremediation

​Using natural or genetically engineered plants as “pollution sponges” that are able to absorb, filter, and remove contaminants from polluted soil and water

• phytoremediation

• ​biological methods

• chemical methods

• physical methods

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