Why is phosphorus removed from wastewater? Select the best answer O Phosphorus is toxic to fish O Phosphorus produces odors in drinking water O Phosphorus provides a food source for algae O Phosphorus encourages the growth of crops ?Back Save Answer and Continue Go to question: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 4
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3) Describe the natural phosphorus cycle. How does agriculture affect this cycle? How do water treatment plants recycle phosphorus and why is it important for them to do this? 4) You find that fish are dying off in a local lake. Explain to me how you might go about determining what is the cause of the fish die-off. If eutrophication is the cause, why would this cause a fish die off and what might cause the eutrophication?
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Choose all that apply Phosphorus (as phosphates) used to be more common ingredient in laundry detergents Phosphorus has also been discovered to be the cause of freshwater and marine eutrophication in many parts of the world: Why do ecologists suspect that the source 01 phosphorus in eutrophic lakes and oceans is anthropogenic and not natural (select all that apply)? Phosphorus i5 emitted when fossil fuels are burned Phosphorus is found in bat and bird droppings, which accounts for the source of eutrophication Phosphorus must be mined from soils and rocks, and be transported There is no atmospheric pool of phosphorus
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14a. Plant nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates are not directly toxic yet excessive fertilization of water (eutrophication) by these nutrients can result in the death of fish and other aquatic life. Explain. 14b. What practices can cause excessive fertilization of water by nitrates and phosphates? 14c. If your diet is rich in grain-fed meat raised in feedlots as opposed grass-fed meat raised naturally, why would this make you an indirect contributor to excessive fertilization (eutrophication) of water? 15. In general, chemical contamination of a confined (deep enclosed) aquifer is much easier to clean up and more temporary than contamination of surface water or shallow aquifers. True or False. 16. One of the ways to decrease contamination of groundwater is to increase the number of septic systems per acre. True or False. 17. If the same amount of a chemical pollutant enters a large reservoir and a small reservoir, which reservoir would have the highest concentration of the pollutant, assuming no difference in water flow in and out of each reservoir? 18. If the water flow in and out of the small reservoir greatly exceeded the water flow in and out of the large reservoir, how might this change your answer?
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