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AP Environmental Science 1.1 Pollution. Which pollutants will likely accumulate in food chains?
Transcript
- 00:04
And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by smog tests, the
- 00:07
exams cars have to take to you know get into college... For this question refer to the [Car inside a library]
- 00:12
following terms carbon monoxide nitrogen organic pesticides heavy metals
- 00:16
particular matter found in smoke ok which pollutants will likely accumulate
- 00:22
in food chains.. and here are the potential answers...[mumbling]
Full Transcript
- 00:28
When considering your answer know that any pollutant that is fat [A fish pops head above the water]
- 00:31
soluble can't be easily broken down alright well we can cross off A and E
- 00:37
right off the bat, carbon monoxide number one and most particulate matter
- 00:42
found in smoke number five are both potentially harmful to the environment [Man eating Co2]
- 00:48
but you usually don't end up eating them not unless it's been a really long time
- 00:52
since you had breakfast so that leaves us with B, C and D.. Well DDT is an example
- 00:56
of an organic pesticide number three that it's highly persistent and does [Plane flys above a lake]
- 01:01
accumulate in the fatty tissues of animals but both B and D claim number
- 01:05
three is valid so we'll need to dig a bit further before we have our answer [A fish appears in the pond]
- 01:09
heavy metal number four..such as lead are not easily broken down and can also
- 01:16
accumulate in food chains so if both organic pesticides and heavy metals end [Rockstar kids shuffles away]
- 01:21
up in food chains, well then the answer must be D it's almost impossible to keep
- 01:26
harmful pollutants out of our foods once they've been introduced into the [Plane flying above a lake]
- 01:29
environment so the smart thing to do is what yeah not let them get there in
- 01:34
first place...
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