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Most of the pollutants in the ocean come from humans. This is because humans burn fossil fuels which release toxic gases into the atmosphere that then rain down in the ocean.
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Four environmental pollutio and its pollutants?
Biological Decomposition of Environmental Pollutants-Biodegradable Pollutants such as plastic bags. Some of the most notable air pollutants are sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and airborne particles, with radioactive pollutants probably among the most destructive ones (specifically when produced by nuclear explosions). Our Air Pollutants article provides a clear overview of sources and effects of these air pollutants. Water pollutants include insecticides and herbicides, food processing waste, pollutants from livestock operations, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), heavy metals, chemical waste and others. Some soil pollutants are: hydrocarbons, solvents and heavy metals.
What is a harmful substance added to the environment?
The general term for it is environmental pollution.
What is the difference between secondary and primary pollutants?
Some Primary pollutants are like when humans directly put them in the air Secondary pollutants are like when pollutants react with Primary and other Primary pollutants.
The regular swells that come to an ocean beach on a calm day are most likely to have originated from?
distant storms
Ozone or smog are what kind of pollutants?
Air pollutants.
Which pollutants often come from farms?
Which pollutants come from fields
What are the most deadly pollutants in the ocean?
1.Poison,2.chemicals,3.thermal changes,4.gasoline
What pollutants come from septic tanks?
Pollutants that come from septic tanks are microbes and metals. But it is not always a given.
What kind of pollutants come from septic tank fields?
the pollutants are metal and microbes
What kind of pollutants might come from septic tank fields?
the pollutants are metal and microbes
What pollutants did the titanic give to the ocean when she sank?
oil and coal polutions
How polluted is earths oceans?
There are about 2500 bits of plastic for every sq mile of ocean but there are other pollutants in the ocean too.
What different types of pollutians are there?
There are many types of pollutants, and they are classified by the parts of the environment they pollute. The most common are water pollutants and air pollutants.
What pollutants come from vehicles?
Carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides.
Is most of the nutrients in an arctic ecosystem come from the ocean?
Canada
Were does most energy come from that fuel ocean life?
the sun
Is most of the dissolved salts in the ocean come from human activities?
No. Most of the dissolved salts in the ocean come from the rivers emptying into the ocean. As the rivers flow from their sources to their mouths, they erode their channels and pick up salt and sediments from weathered rock, which are deposited into the ocean at their mouths.
