Field Investigation Team Rubric; questions 4 -6
| Issues |
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2 |
3 Explain |
4 Evaluate and/or Recommend |
| Interaction with environment | How the contaminant interacts with the environment | Conditions in the environment (Temp., light, etc) which affect bioavailability | Results of the domino effect (specific chemical interactions, e.g. solubility and volatility) | Cases showing the relative importance of the environmental
interactions
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| Persistence
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Where mercury persists in the environment | Problems on a domestic and international level | Mercury effect based on activity and concentration in the environment. | Examples (case studies) of mercury range of persistence levels |
| Transport in the environment | How the contaminant moves in the environment | Relative importance of different kinds of movement | Relative importance of different rates of movement | Ranking of different kinds of movement based on importance in contamination |