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The sources of air pollution are volcanic eruptions, fest fires, biological
decay, thermal power plants, vehicular emissions etc.,
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3. What is meant by BOD and COD?
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4. Name the sources and effects of marine pollution. Sources: Dumping the
waste, oil pollution and shipment.
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Domestic wastes include garbage, rubbish material like glass, plastics, metallic
cans, paper, fibers, cloth rags, containers, paints, varnishes etc.
The greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring process that makes the earth
warmer by trapping more energy in the atmosphere. The green house gases absorb
and hold heat from the sun, preventing it from escaping back into the space; much
like a green house absorbs and holds the sun’s heat Industrial wastes are the
effluents discharged from chemical industries, paper and pulp mills, tanneries,
textile mills, steel industries, distilleries, refineries, pesticides and fertilizer
industries, pharmaceutical industries, food processing industries, cement
industries, thermal and nuclear power plants, mining industries etc.
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7. List the ozone depleting chemicals.
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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) are responsible for ozone layer depletion.
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Noise pollution is the disturbing or excessive noise that may harm the activity or
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balance of human or animal life. The source of most outdoor noise worldwide is
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9. Define biological oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand. Write its
environmental impacts.
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Increase in BOD and COD values degrades the quality of water. It is harmful to
aquatic organisms and causes toxic effects at various levels of food chain.
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f) More cloud formation in the atmosphere.
g) Shorter and warmer winters and longer and shorter summer.
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h) Changes in pattern of rainfall i) Rise in sea level
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j) Flooding and submergence of low lying coastal areas
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(i) It causes contraction of blood vessels, makes the skin pale, leads
to excessive secretion of adrenalin hormone in to blood stream which
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that makes it harmful to man, animal aquatic life otherwise causes significant
departures from the normal activities of aquatic communities in water.
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Somatic damage – This includes burns, miscarriages, eye cataract, bone cancer
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15. Mention the activities involved in solid waste management.
Waste generation,
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transfer and transport
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