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प्रश्न
Enumerate the damage to humans, animals and plants caused due to ozone depletion.
उत्तर
Damage cause due to ozone depletion to humans:
- Sun burn and skin cancer
- Disruption in function of DNA
- Early aging of skin
- weakening of immune system
- eye cataract and eye damage
Animals: Severe damage to cells of animals and all the damages caused to humans as above.
Plants:
- Retards plant growth.
- Reduces chlorophyll content
- inhibits pollen germination
- Disrupts ecosystem, quality of vegetables
- increases harmful mutations
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Depletion of ozone in the ozone layer is a cause for our worry. Why?
Match the items in column I with the closely related ones in column II.
| Column l | Column lI | ||
| (i) | Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | (a) | Global warming |
| (ii) | Fly ash | (b) | Biodegradable |
| (iii) | Cow dung | (c) | Nuclear radiation pollutant |
| (iv) | CO2 and methane | (d) | Acid rain |
| (v) | Sulphur dioxide | (e) | Industrial waste |
| (vi) | Iodine-131 | (f) | Ozone depletion |
How is ozone formed in the upper atmosphere? State its importance. What is responsible for its depletion? Write one harmful effect of ozone depletion.
Which Gas is present in large amount in the upper part of stratosphere.
Give Technical Terms:
The chemicals leading to the formation of ozone holes.
Enumerate methods of protecting the ozone layer and preventing its depletion.
Give balanced equation for the following conversion [one or two steps].
A molecule of ozone to two molecules of oxygen gas.
Which spectrum of the light harmful to organism: ____________.
Bad ozone is present in ______
State the essential function performed by ozone at the higher levels of the atmosphere.
