6.1 - Research Implications and Questions
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Practice Questions
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Define diffusion in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about how a drop of food coloring spreads in water.
What is resuspension?
💡 Hint: Recall how water can become cloudy after a storm.
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What is the primary driving force of diffusion?
💡 Hint: Think about how perfume spreads in the air.
True or False: Resuspension only occurs in still water bodies.
💡 Hint: Recall that turbulence enhances sediment movement.
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Consider a river with high sediment loads during a storm. How would increased turbidity affect aquatic plants and animals? Discuss potential long-term ecological impacts.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how light influences growth underwater.
You have a sediment sample with contaminants. How would you mathematically model the dispersion of these contaminants into the water? Describe your boundary conditions.
💡 Hint: Think of the variables that might change over time.
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