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| Under what circumstance does a contaminant become a pollutant? |
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| A contaminant becomes a pollutant when it or something in it has some sort of detrimental effect on the environment. |
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| Distinguish between the geosphere,lithosphere, and crust of the Earth. What science deals with these parts of the environment? |
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| The geosphere consists of the solid earth. The top layer of the geosphere that varies from 50 to 100 km in thickness and that is directly involved with environmental process through contact with the atmosphere, the hydrosphere and living things is the solid lithosphere. The most important part of the lithosphere, insofar as interactions w/ the other spheres of the environment are concerned is its thin outer skin that is composed largely of lighter silicate based minerals and is called the crust. Geology is the science of the geosphere. |
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What spheres are involved in:
Iron ore used for steel making |
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What spheres are involved in:
Waste heat from coal-fired electricity generation |
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What spheres are involved in:
hay |
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What spheres are involved in:
cotton (plant) |
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What spheres are involved in:
water from the ocean as it enters the hydrologic cycle |
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What spheres are involved in:
snow |
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What spheres are involved in:
Argon used as an inert gas shield for welding |
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What reaction is shown:
2{CH20}->CO2(g) + CH4(g) |
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