ICSE solutions for Biology [English] Class 10 chapter 13 - Pollution [Latest edition]

What is pollution?

Name the major pollutants of air

How can we control air pollution?

Describe the impact of air pollution?

What is water pollution?

List the cause of water pollution.

What are some types of pollutants found in water?

How could warm water act as a pollutant?

Describe some ways that industry and agriculture can help lessens pollution?

How is soil pollution caused?

What is the effect of pollution on soil?

What are the adverse effects of an oil spill?

What is radioactivity?

What is the effect of radiation on health?

Discuss the health hazards associated with the pollution.

What are the health effects of Carbon Monoxide?

Why is pollution prevention important?

What is acid rain?

What are the effects of acid rain?

What causes acidic deposition?

What is Ozone?

What are CFCs?

Discuss in detail the process of ozone depletion.

Is ozone depletion related to global warming?

What is the difference between stratospheric and ground level ozone?

What is greenhouse effect and how is it caused?

What is the effects of global warming?

Use of CFCs is banned in some countries

It is advised to use electrostatic precipitators in the chimneys.

It is mandatory to take a pollution certificate for the vehicles from the Traffic Police.

Use of pressure horn is prohibited in certain places.

Explain the Term: Noise pollution

Explain the Term: Pollution

Explain the Term: Pollutant

Explain the Term: Particulate pollutant

Explain the Term: Smog

Explain the Term: Bio-fertilizer

Explain the Term: Manure

Explain the Term: Decibel

Explain the Term: Ammonification

Explain the Term: Nitrification

Name the following:

Name three greenhouse gases.

A natural phenomenon that becomes harmful due to pollution.

Which Gas is present in large amount in the upper part of stratosphere.

Number of Oxygen atom in Ozone.

The gas that leads to the reduction in the oxygen.

The chemicals leading to the formation of ozone holes.

Acid rainfall is involved with the (decreased, increased, normal) acidity in rivers, destroying aquatic animals.

The gases which mainly contribute to acid rain.

Name three monuments affected by acid rain.

What are 3 types of industrial pollutants?

Use of which fuel in vehicle reduces pollution.

The pollution caused due to use of pesticides in agriculture.

Two chemical fertilizers.

Name one non-degradable pollutant.

A bio-fertilizer.

What acts as a storage reservoir for water and other plant nutrients.

A free living bacteria which helps in nitrogen fixation.

A symbiotic bacteria.

Bacteria breaking down dead organisms to liberate nitrogen.

List the three major sources of water pollution

A combination of smoke and fog.

The UV rays cause (genetic, mentally, physical) disorders which ultimately affect heredity.

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The pollutant which reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of blood.

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The gas which mainly contributes to causing acid rains.

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Air pollutant released in the exhaust fumes of motor vehicles.

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The chemical element which caused the minimata disease in Japan.

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The pollution chiefly due to use of pesticides in agriculture

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The bioindicator of pollution.

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Bacteria breaking down dead organisms to liberate nitrogen.

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The chemicals leading to the formation of ozone holes.

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A free living nitrogen fixing blue-green algae

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The limit of the noise when it can be said to be causing pollution.

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Any non-biodegradable pollutant.

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Global warming is caused due to ______ concentration of CO₂ in air.

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Burning of coal and diesel releases ______

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Petrol engine gives off gaseous oxides of ______

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Acid rain is caused by oxides of ______, ______.

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The ______ is the layer of the atmosphere that contains the protective ozone layer

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Chemicals intended to kill insects and other organisms that damage crops called ______.

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Rain that is more acidic than normal is called ______.

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The release of hot water into rivers causes ______.

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Sewage is the source of ______ pollution

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Drinking polluted water causes diseases like ______ and ______.

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Noise pollution causes Hearing impairment and ______.

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______ is manmade compounds that have been widely used as refrigerants and in spray propellants and foam blowing.

True or False:

The average home creates more pollution then does the average car.

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Sources of groundwater pollution include leaking sewer lines, pumping wells, landfills, fertilizer, and sludge.

True or False:

The only health effect of ground-level ozone pollution is coughing.

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Ozone in the Troposphere is a harmful pollutant.

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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.

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Benzene, chloroform, and vinyl chloride are so-called inorganic pollutants.

True or False:

When air is polluted, you can always see and smell it.

True or False:

Acid precipitation is created by reactions in the atmosphere, and can fall many miles from where pollution originated.

Air pollution is caused by:

Air is composed of gases, water vapours and:

If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water which of the following diseases will spread?

Ozone is abundant in this layer. Ozone heats this layer as it absorbs from incoming ultraviolet radiation from the sun:

71% of earth surface is covered with:

Which is the poisonous gas contained in the exhaust of a petrol driven vehicle?

Deforestation is one of the sources of pollution because:

Oil spills are a source of pollution for:

Which of the following problems is not created by noise pollution?

Maximum permissible smoke density in diesel vehicles is: