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

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

Phyto-remediation uses what for bio-remediation

• Bacteria

• Worms

• Fungi

• Plants

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 *)

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

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

• No

• Yes

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