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Environmental Stress — Revision Notes
NIOS · Class 10 · Psychology
Environmental Stress revision notes for NIOS Class 10 Psychology: 4 topics in quick points. Part of the NIOS Class 10 Psychology syllabus.
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Key Topics to Revise
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1. Environmental Stress and Human-Environment Relationship
- Stress is any physical or emotional state that causes bodily or mental tension.
- Environmental stress is an undesirable transaction between the person and the environment.
- Environment includes the physical world and socio-cultural surroundings.
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2. Pollution and Its Major Types
- Pollution is an undesirable change in the physical, chemical or biological characteristics of air, land and water that may harmfully affect life.
- Pollutants are substances foreign to the medium in which they are present.
- The major environmental stressors listed are air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, crowding, and greenhouse effect.
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3. Air Pollution
- Air pollution is an imbalance in the quality of air causing adverse effects on living organisms.
- The Bhopal Gas tragedy was caused by inhalation of methyl isocyanate gas.
- Major air pollutants include CO2, NO2, SO2 and suspended particulates including lead.
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4. Water Pollution
- Water pollution is the addition of excess undesirable substances to water making it harmful to human, animal and aquatic life.
- All surface water and much ground water in India is unfit for direct human consumption.
- 10% of all diseases and 20% of communicable diseases in India are water-related.
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Stress is any physical or emotionalEnvironmental stress is an undesirable transactionEnvironment includes the physical worldThree models describe this relationshipPollution is an undesirable change
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Key topics in Environmental Stress include Environmental Stress and Human-Environment Relationship, Pollution and Its Major Types, Air Pollution, Water Pollution. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the NIOS Class 10 board exam.
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Learn the core ideas first, then work through the 45 practice questions on Environmental Stress. Revise definitions regularly and use flashcards for quick recall before the exam.
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