Pollution Key Terms - properties 0.0 / 5 ? Environmental Science/StudiesPollutionA2/A-levelAQA Created by: CJ6372Created on: 23-04-19 16:50 78632154 Across 1. How poisonous a substance is to living organisms (8) 4. Pollutant attaching to the surface of materials such as soil particles (10) 5. When two or more pollutants together interact creating an effect greater than if they were separate (9) 6. Length of time a pollutant remains in the environment before it breaks down chemically/degrades (11) Down 2. In water – amount of dispersal in the water bodies (10) 3. Variations in toxicity to different groups of organisms. If the pollutant (pesticide) is specific to harming an organism or if it harms all organisms around it. (11) 7. Concentration of the pollutant increases – usually because of long term ingestion of small doses of the pollutant (15) 8. Concentration of pollutant builds up along the food chain (16)
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