Environmental Chemistry

1.1 - What is the difference between organic and inorganic nutrients?

1.2 - What are fertilizers?

1.3 - Explain what algal blooms are and how they are formed.

1.4 - Biological indicators and chemical monitoring.

2.1 - How do pollutants enter the environment?

2.2 - Examine pesticides and how they biomagnify within an ecosystem.

2.3 - What are the properties of acids and bases?

2.4 - What is toxicity and how do we measure the different levels of this in ppm, ppb?

2.5 - Explain the role of the ozone layer and how CFC's impact this layer.

3.1 - What are some international treaties that are in place?

3.2 - How do we treat our wastewater?

3.3 - What are some technologies that we use to remove contaminants?

3.4 - What role do landfills have in our society?