Using Microbes to Break Down or Remove Toxic Wastes in Water

question 10

Multiple Choice

Using microbes to break down or remove toxic wastes in water and soil is called ______.

• A)bioremediation
• B)decomposition
• C)synergism
• D)recycling
• E)mineralization

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Definitions:

Social Exclusion

The process or state in which individuals are systematically blocked from various rights, opportunities, and resources that are normally available to members of a different group.

Deliberate Exclusion

Intentionally leaving someone out of a group or activity.

Solitary Confinement

A form of imprisonment in which an inmate is isolated from any human contact, except for members of the prison staff, for 22-24 hours a day.

Ostracism

Being barred or expelled from a community or collective.