LAND

WATER
AND
AIR
POLLUTION

DONE BY : ALI ABDUL

HUSSAIN
10-A
 HUMAN ACTIVITIES HAVE
LED TO :

• POLLUTION OF LAND

• POLLUTION OF WATER
• POLLUTION OF AIR
 POLLUTION COMES FROM A
VARIETY OF SOURCE
INCLUDING:
• INDUSTRY.
• MANUFACTURING PROCESSES.
• WASTE.
• DISCARDED RUBBISH.
• CHEMICALS FROM PRACTICES , NUCLEAR FALL
OUT.
• UNTREATED SEWAGE.
 TYPES OF POLLUTION:

• UNTREATED SEWAGE.
• CHEMICAL WASTE.
• DISCARDED RUBBISH.
• FERTILISERS
• INSECTICIDES AND HERBICIDES
• METHANE
• CARBON DIOXIDE
 UNTREATED SEWAGE:

• SOURCE • LACK OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS IN

HABITED AREA .
• LACK OF MONEY MEANING SEWAGE RUNS ,IT IS
PUMPED IN TO STREMS OR RIVERS.
 UNTREATED SEWAGE:

• EFFECT • PROVIDES A GOOD SOURCE OF FOOD FOR BACTERIA

WHICH INCREASE RAPIDLY.
• DEPLETING THE OXYGEN DISSOLVED IN THE WATER
AS THEY RESPIRE AEROBICALLY AND CAUSING
DEATH OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS SUCH AS FISH
 CHEMICAL WASTE

• CHEMICALS SUCH AS HEAVY METALS

• SOURCE
LIKE :
- MERCURY CAN BE RELEASED FROM
FACTORIES IN TO RIVERS , OCEANS,
BEACH IN TO LAND SURROUNDING THE
FACTORIES.
 CHEMICAL WASTE

• MANY HEAVY METALS AND OTHER

• EFFECT
CHEMICALS ARE PERSISTENT , THEY
DO NOT BREAK DOWN , SO CAN
BUILD UP IN FOOD CHAINS , KNOWN
AS BIOACCUMULATION .
• POISONING THE TOP CAMIVORES.
 DISCARDED RUBBISH

• MUCH RUBBISH CONSISTS OF

• SOURCE PLASTIC THAT IS EITHER DISCARDED
AND BURIED OR IN LAND FILLS
 DISCARDED RUBBISH

• EFFECT • MUCH RUBBISH SUCH AS THAT MADE

FROM PLASTIC IS NON
BIODEGRADABLE AND REMAINS IN
THE ENVIRONMENT FOR HUNDRED OF
YEARS, ANIMALS ALSO EAT .
• THE PLASTIC AS IT BREAKS IN TO
SMALLER IN THE OCEAN PIECES AND
IT CAN GET IN TO FOOD CHAINS THIS
WAY
 FERTILIZERS

• SOURCE • RUN OFF FROM AGRICULTURAL LAND

IF APPLIED IN TOO HIGH A
CONCENTRATION
 FERTILIZERS

• CAUSES ALGAL BLOOMS WHICH THEN

• EFFECT
DIE AND PROVIDE A GOOD SOURCE OF
FOOD FOR DECOMPOSING BACTERIA
WHICH INCREASE RAPIDLY
,DEPLETING
• THE OXYGEN DISSOLVED INN THE
WATER AND CAUSING DEATH OF
AQUATIC ORGANISMS KNOWS AS
(EUTROPHICATION )
INSECTICIDES AND HERBICIDES

• SOURCE • SPRAYED ON CROPS TO PREVENT

DAMAGE BY INSECTS AND GROWTH
OF WEEDS
 INSECTICIDES AND HERBICIDES

• EFFECT • BIOACCUMULATION
• LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
• DAMAGE TO BENEFICIAL INSECTS
• CAN BUILD UP IN SOIL TO TOXIC
CONCENTRATIONS AND HARM OTHER
ORGANISMS
 METHANE

• SOURCE • CATTLE FARMING

• RICE FIELDS LAND FILLS
 METHANE

• METHANE IS A GREEN HOUSE GAS

• EFFECT
WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THE
ENHANCED GREEN HOUSE EFFECT
THAT IS CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE
 CARBON DIOXIDE

• PRODUCED WHEN FOSSIL FUEL ARE

• SOURCE
BURNT
• ALSO RELEASED WHEN TREES ARE
BURNT TO CLEAR LAND FOR HUMAN
USE.
 CARBON DIOXIDE

• EFFECT • IT IS A GREEN HOUSE GAS WHICH

CONTRIBUTES TO THE ENHANCED
GREEN HOUSE EFFECT THAT IS
CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE.