BASIC PRINCIPLE OF ECOLOGY

ECOSYSTEM It is the biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a

particular area, as well as all the nonliving, physical components of the environment.

BIOMES
The major regional groupings of plants & animals discernible at a global scale composed
not only of the climax vegetation, but also of associated successional communities,
subclimax communities, fauna, and soils

ABIOTIC It refers to the non living elements and physical components of the
environment

THE PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999The law that governs the protection of the
environment, particularly covering the pollution control of the atmosphere in the country

CERTIFICATE OF NON-COVERAGE The certificate issued by the EMB certifying that,

based on the submitted project description, the project is not covered by the EIS System
and is not required to secure an environmental compliance certificate or ECC

ABANDONMENT STAGE An ECC shall contain specific measures and conditions that
the project Proponent has to undertake before and during the operation of a project, and
in some cases, during the projects

24. Called the traditional small-scale method of community/neighborhood sanitation

a. SIga
b. Sunog
c. Pagwawalis
d. tambak

A. SIGA

43. The following shall be the minimum criteria for the siting of sanitary landfills, except

a. The site should have an adequate quantity of earth cover material

b. The site must be accessible from major roadways
c. The site chosen should facilitate developing a landfill that will satisfy budgetary
constraints
d. The site should at least be 5 hectares

D. THE SITE SHOULD AT LEAST BE 5 HECTARES

44. The largest source of water pollution comes from

a. Domestic source
b. Livestock
c. Industrial waste
d. Water run offs

B. POINT SOURCE

45. An identifiable source of pollution with specific point of discharge into a particular
water body

a. Non point source

b. Point source
c. Waste source
d. Leakage source

B. POINT SOURCE

46. Cropland runoffs, animal wastes, construction sites, mining and logging operations,
landfills, spills are considered as what kind of source

a. Unidentifiable source
b. Point source
c. Non-point source
d. Uncontrolled source

C. NON-POINT SOURCE

47. Under the Clean Water Act, it is defined as water intended for human consumption or
for use in food preparation

a. Purified water
b. Mineral water
c. Processed water
d. Drinking water

D. DRINKING WATER

48. Freshwater means water containing dissolved common salt, sodium chloride
containing less than
a. 100 ppm
b. 200 ppm
c. 300 ppm
d. 500 ppm

D. 500 ppm

49. It is the subsurface water that occurs beneath a water table in soils and rocks, or in
geological formations

a. Surface water
b. Atmospheric water
c. Groundwater
d. Water table

C. GROUNDWATER