1 - Transport of Pollutants - Box Models in Water
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Practice Questions
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What is a box model?
💡 Hint: Think of how boxes can help in understanding complex systems.
Define mass balance in the context of pollution.
💡 Hint: Remember: what comes in must balance with what goes out.
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What do box models help us analyze?
💡 Hint: Think of where pollutants can be found.
True or False: Flux is a measure of mass per unit area.
💡 Hint: Consider how molecules can spread across a surface.
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A factory discharges wastewater into a river at a rate of 10 kg/day. The river's flow rate is 500 m³/day, with a pollutant concentration of 2 mg/m³. Create a mass balance for the river and discuss the implications for downstream water quality.
💡 Hint: Consider both the incoming and existing concentrations to assess impact.
Explain how an increase in temperature can affect convection in a body of water and its implications on pollutant transport.
💡 Hint: Think about how heated water behaves compared to cooler water.
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