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Land PollutionLand Pollution
Ms. MorrisMs. Morris
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Land Pollution OverviewLand Pollution Overview
• Historically, land is a dumping ground forwaste
• 6 billion tons of waste produced each year !gricultural
"ommercial
#ndustrial
$omestic• %ormally, not a problem if disposed of
properly
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#f #mproperly $isposed off #mproperly $isposed of&
• Household wastes breeding ground for
rats, flies, mos'uitoes
•One 'uart used motor oil contaminates()),)))*s gallons of drin+ing water
• Leachate li'uid that results when water
moves through any nonwater media and
collects contaminants
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-oils-oils
• Land earth soil
• -oil is critical to life
Plants get nutrients from soil !nimals get nutrients from plants
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-oil-oil
• /our ma0or components
Mineral particles 1roc+s and clays2
Organic matter
3ater !ir
• -oils vary in different aspects
"olor
4hic+ness
Layers
!mount of clay, salt, 5 organic matter
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-oil-oil
• /actors affecting how fast pollutants move
through soil
-oil composition
-oil structure
Pore sies
!mount of organic matter
• !ll -oil profile
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#mage& www.leecounty.com
• O Horion
Organic matter
• ! Horion 4op
soil
• 7 Horion
-ubsoil
• " Horion
Parent Material
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• $efine a leachate.
• List the four ma0or soil components.
• 9:plain why soil is critical to all life forms.• Turn in to Ms. Morris by the end of the
day (10 Points).