Pollution

The definition of Environmental Pollution?

(There are more than one correct answer)

• Various ways than human activities effects & harms the natural environment

• The contamination of the physical and biological components of the earth/atmosphere system

• Normal environmental processes are adversely affected.

• Any substances in water, soil, or air that degrades the natural quality of the environment; offends [the senses]; causes a health hazard; or [impairs] the usefulness of natural resources.

Types of Environmental Pollution

• 1.Air pollution

  2.Water pollution

  3.Soil pollution

• 1.Air pollution

  2.Water pollution

  3.Soil pollution

  4.Noise pollution

  5.Light pollution

• 1. Inefficient Artificial lighting 2. Glare

• 1. Ecosystem pollution

Main factors of AIR Pollution?

(There are more than one correct answer)

• Leakage from gasoline storage tanks.

• Smokestacks from power plants emit carbon dioxide and particulate matter.

• Millions of tonnes of extra gases & particulates exhausted by human activities to the atmosphere

• Discharge pipes at a wastewater treatment plant. A drainage ditch on a feedlot that seeps into groundwater

What is Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)?

(There are more than one correct answer)

• Digestive process of sheep & cattle

• •Decayed organic matter

• • Produced by volcanoes, industrial process & combustion of fuel (eg: petroleum & coal).

• Coal and petroleum often contain sulfur compounds, their combustion generates sulfur dioxide

Green House Gases - The Impact?

(There are more than one correct answer)

• Cause climate change by trapping heat, and they also contribute to respiratory disease from smog and air pollution.

• Extreme weather, food supply disruptions, and increased wildfires

• Extreme pollution

• Extreme heat

What is the source of Microorganism?

Write 2 types of microorganisms that can be found in surface waters which have caused human health problems:

Show me (draw circle) the exact sources of water pollution