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Water
Pollution
SCOTT RIEFLER

Introduction
Water Pollution is
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A serious environmental issue
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Occurs when pollutants are discharged into a body of water, degrading water toxicity
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Humans are the main cause of water pollution
• Polluted stormwater is a major contributor
Water pollution is a hot topic. Daily activities affect our environment and animal’s ecosystem.
Some daily activities that have major affects
• Farming and agriculture
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Driving
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Mining
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Industrial development
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Where?
This issue is everywhere!
General daily movement contributes to water pollution
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Something latched to the bottom of your shoe, falling into a sewer drain
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Objects flying out of a truck bed while a vehicle is in motion into a stream
roadside
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Animals carrying garbage to shelter, such as bears looking for food sources
This issue does not have a primary location
because, it can happen anywhere.
How?
** water pollution occurs when pollutants
are discharged into water bodies without
treatment to remove the harmful
compounds added**
• 80% of water pollution begins on land
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Can be done by anyone or anything
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Chemicals, debris, and heavy metals can be carried
through land from farms/cities that eventually make
their way to a body of water
Who?
Who does this affect?
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Water is essential to life
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It is needed for survival; it is a basic need
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No one benefits from water pollution
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Destroys water-based animal's homes like fish and
turtle

Biological Concepts: Level of
Organization
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Water pollution has harsh consequences
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Can vary based on what is released in water
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Disease, destruction of biodiversity, infant mortality, contamination of food chain
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Polluted water in our ecosystem leaves a trail
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Typically damaged the ecosystem around it
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Vegetation and animals can be killed from pollutants in water
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Water-borne pathogens, in the form of disease-causing bacteria/viruses from human and animal
waste cause major illnesses
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Cholera, typhoid, and diarrhea are a few to name
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3,137,839 death have occurred from contaminated water related illness as of November 17
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, 2022

Biological Concepts: Analysis
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REPRODUCTION
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Production of offspring
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Two forms, sexual and asexual
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Sexual reproduction: organism combines with genetic information
from each of its parents and is genetically unique
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Asexual reproduction: one parent copies itself to form a genetically
identical offspring
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a volvox (green algae) is an example of an organism that reproduces
asexually, and a brittle star can reproduce in either way ( National
Geographic, 2022 ).
Water Pollution that is caused by chemicals like pesticides,
increase the risk for hormonal/reproductive issues.
Also linked to longer-term affects on male reproduction after
exposure to contaminated drinking water.
Growth and Development
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Growth is defined as the increases in cell size and
number that take place during the life history of an
organism ( Britannica, 2022 )
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Development is defined as, the series of changes
which animal and vegetable organisms undergo their
passage from embryotic state to maturity, from a
lower to higher state of organization ( Biology Online,
2017 )
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Pollution within water not only can harm the growth
of plants but, also allows those plants to take in and
absorb chemicals from the water and pass them along.