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How can living and non living indicators can measure levels if pollution?
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∙ 9y ago
A living indicator of pollution would be organisms dying or getting sick from the pollutants. A non-living indicator could be a high amount of smog or other pollutants in the air or on buildings.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoAir pollution can be tested for with several systems:
- Passive systems are exposed to the air which absorb the contaminants. The changes in the absorbing media are measured in a lab
- High volume samplers which suck air through a filter or absorbing medium for a defined period of time at a specific flow rate. The filter or absorbing media are examined in a lab and the air pollution concentrations calculated from the results.
- Air is sucked though an analyzer to identify specific components - usually gases or vapours
- Air is collected in a bag then run through an analyzer to identify specific components - usually gases or vapours
- Lasers are passed through the airto a receiver . The absorption or reflection of light frequencies identifies compounds and concentrations.
- Plant life can be examined (phytotoxicology) to determine the air contaminants that the plants have been exposed to
- Organoleptic analysis (looking, seeing, smelling) by trained observers can identify many pollutants with reproducible quantification
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∙ 14y agoIt's measured in PPM's.
P-Parts
P-Per
M-Million
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∙ 14y agoDepending on which pollutant you want to meassure
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∙ 14y agoby observing wildlife, or bugs. there are also chemical diagnostics, but i dont know them
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∙ 10y agojust imagine,your laying on a sunbed, the breeze brushes past your shiny thick natural bloonde hair, then you open out your hairy bumcheecks and fart
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∙ 12y agoBy taking the pH water from around us
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∙ 13y agopercentage
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a nonrenewable resource
Conduct an experiment to show how living things react to thermal pollution?
Use plants and add hot water to them with smoke
What type of limiting factor is pollution?
It is density dependent. Density dependent are factors that limit a population only when the population reaches a certain density, such as illness or disease, competition, predation, parasitism, etc.
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Trees reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the air through photosynthesis, where carbon dioxide is taken in and oxygen is given out. Sometimes, alkaline chemicals can be used to stop acid rain, which is also a form of pollution in the air and water. These chemicals neutralise the acids so that it becomes less corrosive.
How can non living indicators measure pollution levels?
Chemistry and physics are the principle measures of pollution , not biological (impact on plants and animals) or organoleptic (tasting, smelling , feeling and seeing) The advantages are that the hard science methods are simple, quicker and reproducible. Living systems are driven by complex considerations (sex, age, season, species etc.) that may not be fully anticipated in reviewing the response.Hard science tests include such things as:filtration of air for particulate weight and observationgas chromatography (airborne organics)light spectrophotometry (hydrogen sulphide etc)chemical indicators (sulphur dioxide)cabon absorption (organics)
What are living indicators for pollution?
1.lichens 2.mosses 3.algae 4.caddisfly 5.sparrow 6.waterbugs 7.pepered moth
What is water that is dirty and unfit for living things?
Pollution Pollution
Why living indicators can be useful to scientists?
i dont know help
Is pollution a problem for penguins?
Pollution is a problem for everyone living on Earth!
How environmental changes are measured using non-living indicators?
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What are 3 living pollution indicators?
The aim of the second phase of the Pollution Atmosphérique et Affections Respiratoires Chroniques (PAARC) study, started in 1974, was to compare the long-term mortality between populations living in areas with different air pollution levels. In Bordeaux (France), four different areas were concerned by the study. The black smoke measures were realized between 1974 and 1981. After 1981, the stations set specifically for the study were not used any more. The purpose of this study was to estimate the evolution of air pollution in those areas between 1982 and 1997 using the measures of 12 Association de Prévention de la Pollution Atmosphérique (APPA) stations located in Bordeaux city but not in the PAARC areas. The method used was divided in three phases: a correlation study between the stations of the different networks, a selection of the pertinent stations and the setting up of indicators using the arithmetic means method. Monthly means concentrations were estimated from January 1982 to December 1997. Models showed a decrease in black smoke levels whatever the area. The difference in level from one area to another, existing between the areas in 1974, was still with predicted values in 1997, but less important. Black smoke mean concentration for 1982-1997 was, respectively, 16.4 and 16.2 microg/m3, in areas 1 and 2. It was a little bit higher in area 3 with 18.9 microg/m3. Area 4 still has the highest level with 26.3 microg/m3. To conclude, this method enabled to assess different air pollution levels at different times in the four areas of the PAARC study in Bordeaux. Those levels could be used to study the impact of the air pollution on long-term mortality on populations living in the areas considered.
What stats can be used to determine whether or not a place has a high standard of living?
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How do you measure a country's success?
A country's success can be measured by various indicators such as GDP growth, standard of living, healthcare and education quality, income distribution, levels of corruption, and overall economic stability. Other factors like social equality, environmental sustainability, political freedom, and global influence can also be considered in assessing a country's success.
Has pollution altered living things?
Pollution has had a great impact on living things. Fish that live in polluted water have had to alter the foods that they eat to survive.
Does pollution affect platypuses?
Pollution will effect every living creature on the planet so, yeah.
What are the levels of organization of living things?
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