Bio 4.2 Land & Water Pollution

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Sewage and Human waste all contain?
Parasites and Toxic chemicals
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What is Biodiversity?
The range of different wildlife
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How can herbicides affect Biodiversity?
Herbicides could be washed into stream killing plants
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How can Pesticides affect biodiversity?
Most pesticides cannot control what pests are killed, killing manier pests
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How can fertilizers effect biodiversity?
Could be washed into stream increasing Nitrate levels in waters to dangerous levels
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What do all these forms of life have in common?
They are all part of the food chain
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What happens to the food chain when one type of creature is completely killed off from one area?
It will have a knock on effect, effecting all forms of biodiversity in that area
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Why do we want biodiversity?
Because the biodiversity gives us useful resources such as medicine and food
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Landfills can also...?
Leak out toxic chemicals into streams or on to land
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The range of different wildlife

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How can Pesticides affect biodiversity?

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How can fertilizers effect biodiversity?

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