GEy Saving the Environmon, } Explore Where would you like to breathe deeply—in a park or on , bt el iy 7 Give reason to support your answer? Find out the names of few harmful gases that pollute the 3;, + ‘ di things that surround us are part of the environment. Human oa altered the state of the environment. Throughout the Earth's Hite i i in its climate. There have been cold ang n changes in its clima ieee have bee! e. Climate change can be a natural c tiods is is called climate changt nosed some scientists believe that over the last two centuries, change has been taking place rapidly. Human activities have been blamed the speed at which this.change has occurred. I One of the harmful changes that occurs in the environment due to human activities is pollution{Pollution is the contamination of air, water or land by harmful substances) Air pollution affects the air, water pollution affects the water and marine life, and land pollution affects the land, destroying life and the environment. There is also another type of pollution known as noise Pollution, which is caused by loud noises and sounds All kinds of pollution gradually destroying our planet. ‘ Air Pollution: The addition of harmful pollutants to the air causes air pollution Peal a. have natural or human causes. Industries and different forms pie hd ae to air pollution all around the world. Vehicles, atmoeh eee ea bsiperte chemicals, gases, smoke and soot into the eroere . wih a lot of traffic and industries are often covered with wy, be is a mix of smoke, gases and moisture.) A»»¢ » jaa Bee i the atmosphere fall back on the earth as acid rain. This Se harmful gases like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide ul snow, hail or fog. It poisons the soi forests and wildlife. © Soll, rivers, lakes and streams. It also dest'0/S 2. 198ter pollution: When ‘ Pollutants en ti other others they cause water hari streams, rivers, ooeans, an2 ter Ww i eo ers float or get deposited ag SO tad dissolve In ater is toxic for aquatic plants and ae the bottom of waterbodies. Polluted the ground and pollute groundwater. eR several ee - large amount of sew: cl PA re cals from soaps peace up in waterbodies. Household waste cont on wastes am Fae ese powders and household cleaning agents. wen, they cause extensiv i ae and industries enter rivers, lakes and : 101 jt icals and carries see uate saris wate, A a oa , pollution: Land pollution is caused by the é mining and harmful agricultural practices. Soil ge' ferti a, and insecticides. Soil also gets pollute emicals an non-biode: : Fee feshold eee household wastes are dumped into the 5 , such as plastics, glass and metal waste do not quickly. They pile up and pollute the soil. ains dumping of waste matter, ts polluted by the overuse of d when industrial slobal Warming plore is agreen house? Find out. phere contains gases such as.carbon dioxi ethane, and_nitro ide.in trace amounts. hey are known as hey hefp regulate the earth's tem) erature by trapping ere. They also it from the harmful e earth has been changing. al warming. hicles and machines. se gases ’s atmos| erature of th is known as glob: nd to run ve! reenhouse gases. The: lecades (the tempt ing warmer than usual. This i e burn fossil fuels to generate power a il fuels are burned, they release g) ito the atmosphere. past two centuries, nhouse gases into the the last few d have been releasing more and tmosphere. The levels of ‘because of extensive farming pract ices) or De nas. oxide in the air have risen se s fases such as chiorofluorocarbons (CFCs). These g the atmosphere. 199 human activities ries release ozone layer in ti(Resilts «| the earth ig Be ise gases in the air, With more ibis Gung warmer and warmer, some a ee ps Earth k lly become extinct Libis ; a eventual several uicomes of global warming va voli tolerant species may evolve wet ie IF Ys may become hotter and drier * q.cooler a er shrink) fig Coastlines may form) and &, ing Nts an, Nd Is and tidal waves ... become Gicre freque re methods ees wot transport * letion tk ea ore food mean more mature a More co, Pollutants 2 NI BHES are of mo) ds & he, traniod 4 INCREASE jhy POPULATIONever, there are wa ing down the ey ave our planet from overheating. We can help in of global warming. Some of the things that could ove effective in the long run are: e walking, riding your bicycl it le or i Bvelling In a car y' taking the bus instead of not wasting electricity (turn off the lights, the radio, r : the TV and the computer when you're not using them) 4 reducing, reusing or recycling all kinds of items, from 7 cans to clothes, to save energy and raw materials td planting more trees to help absorb excess carbon dioxide >. 2 j Circle Time t things can you ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ in your home? Discuss. nvironment due to human activities. ter or land makes ‘Harmful changes occur in the e The addition of harmful substances to the air, wal them polluted. ~ The increase in the amount of green house gase: global warming. le need to take measures te ~ warming and to help our environment. s in the air causes 0 slow down the process of global , tatements. diexrde nting more tree helps to absorb carbon monoxide. age cans noise pollution. hould use fertilizers in excess. 201of global warming, our lives. of land and water? ting how pollution to cut down