Effects of Pollution — Flashcards

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Environmental pollution is the damage caused to air, water, soil, and surroundings by unwanted substances like smoke, chemicals, and waste. It is dangerous because it harms humans, animals, marine lif…

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The main forms are air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution, and radiation. Each one affects living beings in a different way, but all of them damage health and the environment.

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The atmosphere is the blanket of air around Earth that makes life possible. It contains gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, helium, methane, krypton, ammonia, and carbon monoxide.

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The nitrogen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which nitrogen is converted into multiple chemical forms as it circulates among atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems, and marine ecosystems. It is one o…

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The carbon cycle is the cycle by which carbon moves through Earth’s various systems. It is influenced by living things, atmospheric changes, ocean chemistry, and geologic activity.

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Burning fossil fuels such as oil and coal releases nearly 5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide per year into the atmosphere. This increases global warming, especially when vegetation is destroyed and le…

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Global warming is the increase in the Earth’s atmospheric temperature due to a rise in carbon dioxide. Loss of vegetation makes this problem worse because fewer plants remain to absorb carbon dioxide.

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Air pollution can cause asthma, respiratory inflammation, cancer risk, damage to the immune, endocrine, and reproductive systems, and more heart problems. Toxic chemicals in air can also settle on pla…