Question

C. Answer these questions.
1. What is pollution? Write the names of four main types of pollution.
2. What is acid rain? Is it a cause or an effect of air pollution?
3. Write three measures that we can adopt to prevent water pollution.
4. What is land pollution? How does land get polluted?
5. How has mining polluted the land in Sukinda Valley?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.Major forms of pollution include air pollution, light pollution, litter, noise pollution, plastic pollution, soil contamination, radioactive contamination, thermal pollution, visual pollution, and water pollution.

2.Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into the air. These substances can rise very high into the atmosphere, where they mix and react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form more acidic pollutants, known as acid rain.

3.Let's have a look at easy and simple ways that you can do to reduce the water pollution going on today.

Use Less Plastic. ...

Reuse Items. ...

Recyclable Options. ...

Do Not Dispose of Oils in the Sink. ...

Cleaning Chemicals. ...

Handle Toxic Chemicals Properly. ...

Shop to Stop Water Pollution. ...

Do Not Throw Away Medicines.

4.Land pollution is a result of dumping garbage, waste, and other toxins making the land contaminated or polluted. The source of land pollution comes from the human element such as littering, and waste that is washed ashore from boats, oil rigs, and sewage outlets.

5.The ground water in Sukinda valley occurs at a depth of 8 to 11metres, and when it comes in contact with atmospheric air and chrome ore during mining, it gets contaminated with hexavalent chromium beyond permissible limit (Pattanaik et al. 2012).

Answer 2

Answer:

1. The term " pollution" refers to any substance that negatively impacts the environment or organism that live within the affected environment. Main types of pollution are :- soil pollution, water pollution, air pollution, radioactive pollution and noise pollution.
2. Acid rain is a rain with acidic components such as sulphuric or nitric acid that fall to the ground from atmosphere in wet or dry forms . It is a cause of air pollution.
3. a. Use less plastics.

b. Reuse items.

c. Cleaning chemicals and waste from water bodies.

4. When land is deposited by solid or liquid waste materials on land or underground that causes harm to humans is land pollution. It is polluted by littering, dumping garbage in soil other toxics such as animal excreta makes soil polluted.

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