UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS UNISA lee EEN4M1C January/February 2010 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING: CIVIL IV (MODULE A) Duaton — 3 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST MR J MWENGE KAHINDA SECOND DR FILUNGA EXTERNAL MR JK ONEMA (WITWATERSRAND ) Use of a non-programmable pocket calculator 1s permissible ‘This examination question paper consists of 2 pages including this cover page INSTRUCTIONS ‘Answer all questions CLOSED BOOK EXAMINATION [TURN OVER]EENAMIC January/February 2010 Question 1 What is (are) the difference(s) between an ecosystem and the biosphere? o What 1s (are) the difference(s) between Producers, consumers and decomposer? ® ¢ What 's (are) the characteristics of an ideal indicator micro-organism for faecal contamination? = bias d_ Whats the most widely used indicator organism? 3) e What 1s the difference between Assimilative processes and Dissimilative processes? « f What is an Ecosystem and what are its components? (10) [40] Question 2 What are the main elemental cycles? Draw only one of these cycles at a global scale 15] Question 3 What is climate variability? [15] Question 4 If ideal conditions existed for 30 hours, how many organisms would exist in a culture that started with one organism that had a doubling time of 25 minutes, after 10, 20, and 30 hours? Remember that N=No2!° [19] Question 5 Why 1s it important for engineer to consider the environment in their projects? (Maximum 1 5 pages) [20] TOTAL MARKS [100] ©. UNISA 2009 2 (exo)