Question

what is pollution ? How many types of pollution​

Answer 1

answer :

harmful activities done by human beings , causing environment polluted is known as pollution

types of pollution

Air pollution : it is caused by the presence of high proportion of harmful or undesirable gases . Eg sulphur dioxide carbon monoxide . Things responsible for air pollution are dust , spray mist , smoke caused by big factories refineries , smelting plants etc .

EFFECT : air pollution adversely afftects human health , animals , plants , buildings , and atmosphere

Water pollution : it is caused by organic and inorganic wastes and affluents discharged into rivers . Eg , textile and dyeing , synthetic chemicals etc

EFFECT : it adversely effects fishes and other plants and animal species living in water as water pollution causes oxygen to be pollute present in water

noise pollution : this causes irritation and anger , hearing impairment , increase heart rate and blood pressure and other physiological effects . mostly caused by machinery , factory equipment , generators etc produces lots of noise .

Answer 2

Answer:

The word pollution comes from the latin 'polluere' that simply means contamination.Hence in layman terms, pollution is something that contaminates the environment.The presence of harmful substance in the air,land and water, which can have an adverse effect on living beings and on environment is a pollution.

There are different types of pollution are as follow -

Air pollution: It is a contamination of natural air by mixing it with different pollutants such as harmful fumes and global warming is the biggest sides effect of air pollution .

Water pollution: It is a contamination of water on the planet Earth. It include water contamination of pollutants such as bacterial, chemical and particulates the purity of water.Oil seepage is one of the most common form of water.

Soil pollution: It is also known as soil pollution. It is contamination of soil or the land that prevents the growth of natural life .

Noise pollution: It is loud noises which are fashioned by human activities that disturb the standard of living in the affected area. It can shoot from things such as aeroplane, music, traffic, fireworks,etc.

Radioactive pollution: This is one of the most dangerous form of pollution.It is enormously harmful and can even result in death.