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Exam #2

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Bioconcentration   The process by which a compound becomes more concentrated in an organism because of the compound being more soluble in fatty tissue  
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Biomagnification   A chemical whose concentrations increase along the food chain (occurs over time) ex. Eating a lot of fish a person can accumulate a lot of mercury.  
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BCF   Bioconcentration Factor, the equilibrium ratio of the concentration of a specific chemical in a fish relative to that in the surrounding water  
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Acute Toxicity   rapid onset of symptoms  
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Chronic Toxicity   continuous, long-term exposure to a relatively low individual doses of a toxic chemical that is present in the air we breath, the water we drink, or the food we eat  
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LD50   The dose that proves to be lethal to 50% of the population of test animals  
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NOEL   No observable effects level, threshold.  
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Thermal Pollution   river of lake water that has been artificially warmed, at equilibrium, it will contain less oxygen than colder water because of the decrease in gas solubility with increasing temperature  
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COD   chemical oxygen demand, a faster way to determine the oxygen demand of a water sample  
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BOD   biochemical oxygen demand, the amount of oxygen consumed as a result of the oxidation of dissolved organic matter in the sample  
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TOC   total organic carbon, used to characterize the dissolved and suspended organic matter in raw water  
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Alkalinity   a measure of the ability of a water sample to act as a base by reacting with hydrogen ions  
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Hardness   the total concentration of the ions Ca2+ and Mg2+  
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DDT   dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane,  
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DDE   Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, formed from the breakdown of DDT  
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Dose-Response Curves    
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Acid Mine Drainage   oxidation of iron pyrite fool's gold produces soluble iron(III)sulfate, FE2(SO4)3,sulfuric acid.Fe3+ ion is soluble in the highly acidic water,the pH rises a yellowish-brown precip. of Fe(OH)3 forms from Fe3+,discoloring water&smothering plant&animal life  
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Lake Stratification   Without mixing to provide dissolved oxygen, the lake bottom,lacking enough light for photosynthesis to occur,tends to have a very limited supply of oxygen during the summer.Respiration by animals and bacteria can deplete the dissolved oxygen at the botton  
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