1 - Monitoring
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Practice Questions
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What is the primary purpose of monitoring?
💡 Hint: Think about why we need to measure environmental quality.
Define sampling in the context of environmental monitoring.
💡 Hint: What do you need to do before taking measurements?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the main purpose of monitoring in environmental science?
💡 Hint: Consider the core objectives that monitoring seeks to achieve.
True or False: Sampling can be done arbitrarily without consideration of objectives.
💡 Hint: Think about the role of objectives in guiding sampling strategies.
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Challenge Problems
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Develop a monitoring strategy for assessing the air quality around a major highway. Include considerations for objectives, sampling locations, and contaminants to test.
💡 Hint: Think about how distance from the source might affect air quality measurements.
Given a scenario where monitoring indicates rising pollutants in a lake, outline the steps needed to ascertain the pollution source.
💡 Hint: Consider historical data or changes in land use that might explain the increase.
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