Question

Match each device or process with its description.

a. Cyclone device
b. Bioventing
c. Biomagnification
d. Incineration
1. Stops air pollution from factories with emissions.
2. Injects air into the ground, helping to control both air and soil pollution.
3. Uses microbes to eat toxins or organic material.
4. Process that leads to the concentration of toxins in organisms at higher trophic levels.

Answer 1

A cyclone device is used to reduce air pollution by factories, bioventing involves injecting air to control pollution in soil and air, biomagnification describes the increase of toxins in higher trophic levels, and incineration is a method to destroy waste. Bioremediation is the use of organisms to remove pollutants, often including the use of bacteria to degrade contaminants.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is matching devices or processes with their correct descriptions within the context of environmental science and biology. Here's the matched list:

• a. Cyclone device - 1. Stops air pollution from factories with emissions.
• b. Bioventing - 2. Injects air into the ground, helping to control both air and soil pollution.
• c. Biomagnification - 4. Process that leads to the concentration of toxins in organisms at higher trophic levels.
• d. Incineration - 1. Stops air pollution from factories with emissions, as it is a method to destroy waste material by burning.

Additionally, the term that describes the process whereby toxic substances increase along trophic levels of an ecosystem is biomagnification (13). Bioremediation (8E, 51, 52) is the use of microbes to remove pollutants from a contaminated system. An example of bioremediation is the use of plants to remove toxic metals from soils following a mining operation.

Answer 2

A cyclone device stops air pollution from factories with emissions. Bioventing injects air into the ground, helping to control both air and soil pollution. Biomagnification is a process that leads to the concentration of toxins in organisms at higher trophic levels. Incineration does not involve the use of microbes.

Certainly! Let's match each device or process with its description:

a. Cyclone device
Description: Stops air pollution from factories with emissions.
Explanation: A cyclone device is a type of air pollution control device that uses cyclonic separation to remove particulate matter from the air. It is commonly used in industrial settings to capture and separate solid particles from gas streams, thereby reducing air pollution.

b. Bioventing
Description: Injects air into the ground, helping to control both air and soil pollution.
Explanation: Bioventing is a remediation technique used to treat contaminated soil and groundwater. It involves the injection of air (or oxygen) into the soil to stimulate the activity of naturally occurring microorganisms that can break down and degrade organic pollutants in the soil, helping to control both air and soil pollution.

c. Biomagnification
Description: Process that leads to the concentration of toxins in organisms at higher trophic levels.
Explanation: Biomagnification is a process in which the concentration of certain substances, such as pollutants or toxins, increases at higher trophic levels in a food chain. Organisms at lower trophic levels may absorb these substances from the environment, and as predators consume multiple prey items, the concentration of the substances can increase, posing a potential threat to organisms at higher trophic levels.

d. Incineration
Description: Uses microbes to eat toxins or organic material.
Explanation: Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances in materials. It does not involve the use of microbes. The correct match for the description "Uses microbes to eat toxins or organic material" would be bioremediation. Bioremediation is a process that utilizes microorganisms to break down and degrade contaminants in the environment, including toxins or organic material.