Explain how human activity can affect water availability and quality. (10) Agriculture plays a significant role in the quality of water and three factors come into play when considering agricultural effects: pesticides‚ fertilizers and the waste produced by farm animals. When pesticides or fertilizers are applied to crops the excess materials will either run off the land‚ or seep into the groundwater‚ with an eventual ending in bodies of water such as lakes‚ ponds‚ or streams. The excess nutrients
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Most people say that technology has positive effects on everyone because it helps everyone with homework and other resources like for example using Google. But there are a lot of negative effects like poor grades and addiction because of wasted time on the computer. Also we are relying on the internet to find our work and we are not learning anything. Over the years technology could have more positive effects but for now negative effects are outnumbering the positive effects. According to the experts
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Name: Tashay R. Sirjue Subject: Communication Studies Teacher: E. Foster Theme: Socio-Economic Issues Topic: Water Pollution in the Jamaican Society “One hundred and fifty years ago‚ the monster began‚ this country had become a place of industry. Factories grew on the landscape like weeds. Trees fell‚ fields were up-ended‚ rivers blackened. The sky choked on smoke and ash‚ and the people did‚ too‚ spending their days coughing and itching‚ their eyes turned forever toward the ground. Villages
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In fact‚ Micheal Manley describes what concretely happens in Jamaica following the ‘help’ they are supposedly receiving. Post-colonial theory‚ as seen in the book “A Small Place” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ is how a decolonized country such as Antigua is still being exploited by First world countries such as the United-States through industries like tourism where almost all the profits leave
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How does the temperature of water affect how fast sugar can dissolve? Predict We will do three different tests‚ dissolving the water in boiling‚ warm and cool water. The sugar in the boiling water will dissolve the fastest. The sugar added to the cool water will dissolve the slowest. Reason According to the state of matter theory‚ the particles in a gas move faster than in a liquid‚ which I will use to infer that the hotter the water is and closer to a gas‚ the faster the particles move. Therefore
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NAME : JOSEPH MERU REG NO : N102-0015/2012 UNIT NAME : SUSTAINABLE TOURISM 2 TASK : ASSIGNMENT Discuss Ways through Which NEMA Limits Sustainable Tourism Development Introduction The NEMA is a Government agency responsible for the management of the environment. NEMA principles are primary tools for achieving sustainable development since they recognize that the consideration of environmental factors requires the integration of social‚ economic and ecological factors into decisions
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How can science be applied to reduce air pollution? Air pollution is the addition of any harmful substances (dust particles‚ fumes or odour) to the atmosphere‚ which causes the damaging of the environment‚ humans‚ animals and plant. Air pollution can result from both human and natural actions. Natural events that pollute the air include wind erosion‚ volcanic eruptions‚ forest fires‚ and natural radioactivity. Pollution from natural occurrences are not very often. Human activities that result
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Opening July 3 at New Century Theatre: in acclaimed writer Sarah Treem’s The How and the Why‚ a meeting between two women evolves into an intellectual‚ professional and personal showdown. New in Insight: What happens when you “interview” a group of testate amoebae after they’ve been filmed in a Smith professor’s lab? It turns out that they’re prepared to reveal quite a bit about themselves. Smith has been awarded a three-year grant for a pilot teaching program aimed at increasing the number
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Environmental Science Essay Air Pollution Pollution and How It Affects Elements within an Environment Harry Bond III Everest University The Earth is entirely surrounded by a blanket of air which is called the earth’s atmosphere. The atmosphere allows human‚ plants‚ and all the earth’s creatures big and small to exist. The atmosphere protects the earth and without it the heat from the sun would burn all that is exposed to its rays
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How blessed are USA’s civilians to be able to live a lifestyle without having to worry about their water and sewage system malfunctioning or not functioning at all. Individuals in the United States of America are blessed enough to have a working sewage system‚ drinkable water‚ and appropriate sanitation. As a result‚ the concerns of not having a working toilet or clean‚ accessible water are extremely slim in the United States. But‚ there have been discoveries of health hazardous chemicals in California’s
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