Practice - Resuspension and Measurement of Fluxes
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Practice Questions
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Define sediment resuspension in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about the forces at play, like water flow.
What is meant by flux in environmental science?
💡 Hint: Consider the flow of materials over a surface.
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What is sediment resuspension?
💡 Hint: Consider how sediment can interact with moving water.
The closed volume method is used to:
💡 Hint: Think about how we can isolate a system to obtain accurate data.
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Calculate the average flux of a contaminant if 200 milliliters of water with 5 parts per million (ppm) of the contaminant is collected over a period of 2 hours from a defined area of 1 square meter.
💡 Hint: Remember to convert units where necessary.
Discuss the implications of using a closed volume method in a highly biodiverse area and its impact on results.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens to organisms and sediment dynamics when you disrupt their habitat.
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