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Pollution
Pollution is the process of giving out contaminants such as smoke and carbon dioxide, and too much of a certain product such as light, heat and sound that both cause harm to the environment.
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How can music be classified as pollution?
There are a great number of ways that music can cause noise pollution. Music can be far too loud for comfort.
What is the best way to describe polluted air?
Polluted air is characterized by the presence of harmful substances, such as particulate matter, toxins, and gases that can adversely affect health and the environment. It often has a noticeable odor, reduced visibility, and can lead to respiratory issues and other health problems. The sources of air pollution include industrial emissions, vehicle exhaust, and natural events like wildfires. Overall, polluted air poses significant risks to both human well-being and ecological systems.
What is an environmentally sustainable society?
For humans to live sustainably, the Earth's resources must be used at a rate at which they can be replenished. Since resources are finite, the easiest way to replenish them is by engaging in sustainable behaviors like recycling, composting, or planting trees. These behaviors put resources back into the planet, where they can be used again and again, which preserves existing resources.
What steps should be taken to check the truancy in the class?
HOW TO GET STUDENTS TO ATTEND (never before shared secrets)
by Bill Rumley, Attendance Officer
I've been spit on, kicked in the groin, cursed at and sworn at. I've been threatened with the law, threatened with God, and threatened with my life. I was once attached with a 'ceremonial hatchet'. I've been rejected, ignored, hit and hit upon. I've been called the most vile of names, accused of being a racist and of being uncaring. I've knocked on doors until my hands were sore, I've stood frozen outside as clients hid in their homes.
My car has been ticketed, towed and smashed. It even drove away once, with no one in it.
I've traveled across town in hopes of finding a client. I've responded to telephone calls in the middle of the night and on the weekend. My calling card has been ripped up, thrown away, and as once client phoned to say: "she has put my card in the 'cat-shit' box!". I had a client who tried to have her dog 'attack me'.
I've removed kids from arcades, 'gang houses', and other hangouts. I've chased some for blocks, down back lanes, through parks and shopping malls. I had people come out of their houses or stop their cars and question me as to why I was picking up kids in the streets and putting them into my car (and I thank God that some people still care enough to ask).
I've worked with children of drunks and addicts, with the children of abusive parents, with the children of some the poorest and most down-trodden in our city. I've also worked with the children of loving and caring parents, and with the children of parents who were highly successful and influential in their communities.
I've asked some of the toughest, meanest looking people in neighborhoods to help locate a runaway teenager. And sometimes thanks to them, the runaway has returned home.
I never ask or expect of anyone else's child what I would not ask or expect of my own. I am driven by the thought of what I would hope someone would do if it were my child they were working with or looking for.
If there are any 'successes' along the way, (and one has to believe there were) it has to do with believing in the students and their families that we have the opportunity to work with. It's believing in a system that sometimes seems as badly bruised and dysfunctional as the very families that we are trying to help. It's enjoying one's work, finding meaning and purpose in it. It's in long-suffering perseverance, and having an attitude of never giving up.
A student must know that regardless of what has happened today, that they are still worthy enough to be wanted back tomorrow. Besides, they're expected to attend: Its the law!
(www.truantstop.com
Does acid rain impact all rocks the same?
No, it does not effect all rocks the same. It depends on the type of rock and the acid level in the rain.
What are three reasons of stopping air pollution?
because it affect the environment, trees, animals, and even humans.
What is water and noise pollution?
Water pollution: is the contamination of water with pollutants.
Noise pollution: a noise above the permitted limit in a given environment.
What are Causes of polythene pollution?
Trillions of polythene bags are used world over every year.They persist on this earth to haunt us and our generations for centuries.Polythene chokes the drains, the water bodies, pollutes the land and poisons us slowly but surely..Even mowed grass cannot escape the polythene menace.Polythene has been recovered from the rumen of countless cattle and is a major threat to animals also.Polythene pollution is an epidemic now.Polythene is indestructible. One particle of polythene is further made of many particles.If we continue to use polythene, the earth would become polluted on an alarming rate.
trash is disposed off by the following points.....
1.in separate bins
2.it is divided into groups like recyclable bin,plastic bin,glass bin etc
3.it is recyclable
these are only used in western countries.
What type of water pollution is caused by smoke and exhaust from factories and cars?
There is eventually too many nitrates in the water making an unnatural temperature in the water.
What measures taken to prevent noise pollution?
Some things to help to minimize noise pollution are... *Get a muffler for outdoor equipment (lawn mower, leaf blower, car, chainsaw, ect.) *Rake leaves by hand, don't use a noisy leaf blower. *Trim bushes or shrubs by hand, don't use a noisy bush trimmer. *Sound proof rooms that might have music conducted in them, like a room with a piano or if someone in the hosue plays drums or guitar or whatever. This can be done simply with curtains, window inserts, carpeting, and closing windows and doors. *Don't blast music on the radio or computer or speakers. Be considerate of your own ears and those of other around you. *Don't slam doors / car doors, close them eaily and with only as much force as needed. (People don't usually think of this, but imagine - how loud is it when you slam your car door? Pretty tolerable. But imagine thousands of people doing so. Now that can start to get loud. *Turn off the TV or radio when you aren't actually fully listening to it. *Train your dog not to bark so much. *Don't yell. Have civil conversations. Call someone or go find them instead of yelling across the street for them, for example. *Plant trees and bushes around you house. They help keep the air clean, absorb sound, give privacy, and add nice design and looks to a house. *Do noisy things (dishes, hammering, ect.) over or on a rubber mat to reduce noise. *Put carpets, rugs, mats, throw rugs, ect. in your house / mats outside. *Put fabric window coverings instead of plastic or wooden shades / blinds. *Don't rev up a motorcycle or car unless it is actually needed for the drive. *Don't beep your carn horn "just because", make sure it is a legit cause.
Changes occurring in water due to pollution?
There are lots of changes to water when it becomes polluted. Fresh water can easily be polluted through sewage or ground water run off of chemicals as well as industrial discharge. Sometimes flooding can cause pollution as the water eventually runs into rivers that can seriously affect the things living there as it is often polluted by everything from fuel oil, petrol and diesel from flooded cars, sewage and organic matter. Chemicals can be toxic and that can kill things living in it. Detrital loading, from discharging organic matter into water can provide a substrate for bacteria that will remove oxygen from the water and kill other living things.
Even the seas, once thought to be too big for humans to be able to pollute, have changed. This is often local, near discharge pipes or rivers where different species can be found where the discharge has chemicals, organic matter or heat in it. The water itself will still be water but the animals and plants will inevitably change to species that prefer that environment.
Globally seas can be polluted by solids, typically plastics that floats around for decades and has created enormous rafts in ocean currents. Marine life often dies through ingesting plastic. Imbalances may be caused by discharge which can result in algal blooms and subsequent deoxygenation of the water even in the sea. Over fishing has altered the ecosystem in a more dramatic way than the better publicised oil tanker spills as key species are now taken so efficiently it changes the whole ecological balance.
Indirect changes caused by global warming include temperature, salinity, density and turbidity. Changes in global temperature changes the salinity of the water, particularly in areas where there has traditionally been large areas of ice such as the poles and near glaciers. These areas have seen the biggest changes alongside changes in average global temperature. Fresh water is less dense than salt water, which can create unusual currents or disturb naturally occurring currents. This has had an adverse effect on things like the kelp forests in the southern hemisphere. There is strong evidence to suggest that millions of years ago when the ice melted from the area of the Great Lakes, ocean currents were significantly changed by the introduction of such a large body of fresh water. Solubility of chemicals such as calcium carbonate used to make coral reefs, mollusk shells and reinforce arthropod exoskeletons changes with the temperature, and many species, particularly corals in temperate areas seem to be on the decline. Overall density of the seas will change with increasing average temperature which will make them expand and will result in changes in currents, weather and sea level.
Although water will continue to be water, the effects of pollution will be hardest felt on the organisms in it, although as such a significant global feature it will be evident to everyone that things have changed.
Could littering affect your community?
If we all litter, the world and oceans will be completely filled with it. It will be unmanagable. Landfills will be filled with items that could have been recycled.
Why is air pollution measured?
In an attempt to raise awareness on the growing level of pollution, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) organised 40 Pollution Under Control (PUC) check-up camps free of cost across the city on June 5, World Environment day. The camps also aimed at making vehicle owners aware about the importance of safe vehicles and a clean environment.
This year, SIAM in its special initiative SAFE (Society for Automotive Fitness and Environment) had undertaken around 2,200 PUC check-up camps in 256 cities across the nation. The aim was to check nearly more than 50,000 vehicles in this year while last year the initiative checked 25,000 vehicles at 1,200 dealerships covering more than 250 cities.
Director general of SIAM, Dilip Chenoy said that the Indian automobile industry has always been at the forefront to safeguard environment. "SIAM-SAFE is one such initiative where all stake holders and members come together to spread awareness about cleaner environment among vehicle owners and society as a whole. On the occasion of World Environment Day, these PUC check-up camps across the nation is one such effort," he said. Harjeet Singh, president, SAFE and assistant vice president, Hero Honda, said, "SAFE is proud to associate itself in this mega programme in partnering with automobile manufacturers and hope that this initiative impact the users in ensuring that proper maintenance is done for the vehicles." This activity registered a significant number of vehicles varying from two-wheelers to commercial vehicles.
Where does most of the atmosphere's pollution come from?
Air pollution is a mixture of solid particles and gases in the air. Car emissions, chemicals from factories, dust, pollen and mold spores may be suspended as particles. Ozone, a gas, is a major part of air pollution in cities. When ozone forms air pollution, it's also called smog.
Some air pollutants are poisonous. Inhaling them can increase the chance you'll have health problems. People with heart or lung disease, older adults and children are at greater risk from air pollution. Air pollution isn't just outside - the air inside buildings can also be polluted and affect your health.
i got this from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/airpollution.html
What are different types of vampires?
Actually, there's only one type of vampire and that's the type that drinks blood. Ignore the crap about sanguin and psy vamps. Here is the real deal: there are 4 types of vampires. ; Demon-Vampires : These are both humanoid demons, with concomitant magickal abilities, and vampires, requiring human blood to live. The magickal abilities and limitations of each Demon-Vampire are unique to that individual. Generally, Demon-Vampires are created directly by the Elder Demons, or Old Ones, setting a deep curse on some human. Demon-Vampires are usually the founders of a vampire lineage; however, the vampires of that lineage do not have the same powerful abilities as their progenitor. Lillith is the first Demon-Vampire and probably the most powerful. She is the Queen of the Vampires, the progenitor of all Lilith-vampires. Her demonic abilities include raining down the plagues (fire, hail, locusts, frogs, and so forth). She can also transform into an owl form. She has an especially strong connection to magick, so she has innumerable other tricks. In addition, as the First Vampire she commands the loyalty of all vampires, considering all of them, even those of other lineages, under her authority. The other lineages may object, but they still have to face her power and wrath. Kern, Lillith's son whom she thought was dead, is another Demon-Vampire, resurrected by the same Elder Demons that cursed her. His powers are limited to the "classic" Lilith-vampire style, including being able to operate as a practitioner. However, his special exception is that he is immortal and cannot die in any way: his unlife will persist to the end of time. He is the progenitor of the Nosferatu, a somewhat bestial and vulnerable lineage. Kern himself, however, is intelligent, has wizard-level spell-casting abilities, and hates his mother with a passion. ; Lilith-Vampires : Those vampires sired by Lillith are the original variety, appearing first in antiquity. They have a connection to magick, but do not have the special abilities of Lillith. Lilith-vampires can take up the Craft and often do, but their real power is that they are incredibly hard to kill. These vampires are more reminiscent of those found in traditional folklore. They are not really evil, but their self-centred motivations do sometimes give that impression. ; Tepes-Vampires : When Vlad Dracula Tepes rose as a vampire in 1476 CE, he was the first of a new lineage. This was verified when he spent some time in the society of Lilith-vampires. All Tepes-vampires, from Dracula to those he sired to those they sired, cannot gaze upon or touch Holy objects. Holy water, blessed by a priest, can hurt them. Tepes-vampires have a dark magick all their own that comes from their progenitor Dracula himself. This gives them the ability to ride on a moonbeam, turn into mist, and change form becoming a wolf or large bat. Tepes-vampires also can use normal magick, but only in a negative manner. They treat everything as a conquest using manipulation and scheming to gain what they desire. Even if a desire is simple and intentionally harmless the Tepes-vampire will still scheme to get it. They are like wolves hunting prey, plotting the strike and enjoying their victory. The older they get the more pronounced this desire for conquest becomes. Therefore a recently-sired Tepes-vampire may not exhibit these traits right away, especially if it is untutored, a common problem among Tepes-vampires. Also Tepes-vampires must slowly come into their dark magick, developing it over time. It can take as much as twenty-five years to begin using the major tricks. Tepes-vampires who use magick will generally not exhibit practitioner traits as a morph or Lilith-vampire will. Instead, spells cast to do good will simply fail for no apparent reason, while spells with selfish or evil intent will succeed as if the vampire were a grand wizard. They are a bit easier to kill than Lilith-vampires. They can be paralysed with fear by Holy objects, thereby rendering them helpless. Then they can be disposed of at one's leisure. It is said that the reason for all of this is that God cursed Dracula into becoming a vampire. Tepes-vampires are evil with a purpose: their intent is to destroy anything having to do with God, whether it be Christian or otherwise. Their "evil" is connected with religion and religious symbolism. For those interested in minutiae, since "Tepes" is a Romanian word it is pronounced as "Tep-esh". ; Nosferatu : In 1892 CE, Kern appeared on earth for the first time since his death. He cannot be killed in any way, but those vampires he sired, the entire lineage, are not as lucky. Nosferatu cannot stand being in the sun at all. Once bathed in sunlight they burst into flames and burn until consumed. They are also, of all vampires, the easiest to kill: simply staking them, beheading them, or setting them on fire seems to do the trick. Nosferatu vampires do not act very intelligent. They seem to be more beast than humanoid. They do not tend to practice the Craft. The Nosferatu acquired their name soon after F.W. Murnau's film of the same name came out in 1922. This is in part due to the physical appearance of Nosferatu, which is somewhat similar to Murnau's depiction. While other vampires tend to continue their undead existence with much the same physical appearance as the person had in life, Nosferatu rise in a rather grotesque form which cannot be mistaken for a living human under most circumstances. It seems that a Nosferatu will follow any sufficiently powerful master. Tepes-vampires often used them as henchman or cannon-fodder. ----- All creatures that steal life-force can be call a vampire. This covers a wide range of beings.
* Psychic vampires: creatures capable stealing life-energy directly.
* 1. Incubus - A male spirit that steals life-energy from women via an erotic dream. * 2. Succubus - A female spirit that steals life-energy from men via an erotic dream. * Both the incubus and Succubus seem to lack a (totally) solid body and their physical reality has to be sustained by some external object. On one episode of Night-Stalker this was an ancient tablet carved with runes and incantations. * 3. Disembodies Mists or Auras - Star Trek (original series) has featured several such tenuous creatures (that will exist in the future) that had the ability to suck life from its victims. One such was the spirit of Jack the Ripper. Another was the collected population of a destroyed planet. Another fed on the rage generated by humans and Klingons - not sure if this qualifies it as a vampire but it did deplete (indirectly) the life of a few people (and klingons).
* 4. Psychic vampire with a body - This might seem to be the ultimate condition for a vampire to achieve however, any such creature that I have read about had loads of quirks and problems as well. See 'The Shunned House' by Edgar Allan Poe. * 5. Rogue - From the X-men. She has the power to absorb the powers of other mutants to be her own for a while, and in the process of doing so leaves her victims severely depleted, unconscious (and even comatose in one case that I know of.) We may not like to think of her as a vampire but y'know 'if the shoe fits...'. * 6. Saiyans - From the planet Vejita, of the anime Dragon Ball Z. The spirit bomb must be gathered from all living things.
* Classical Vampires: creature that need to steal life-force in concert with a physical medium. * 7. Blood Suckers - Need to steal blood in order to steal life-force. This may include a whole assortment of types dependent of their means of blood-getting. The true classical vampire gets its blood orally often using fangs to initiate bleeding. In the movie 'Rabid' the girl had a syringe type organ that came out of her arm-pit.
* 8. Lipid Suckers - Fox Muldor (from the X-files) came across one person who stold fat (instead of blood) from his victims - to much the same results. It wasn't stated definitely that he stold life-force along with the fat but he did start to deteriorate when he was denied of his sources - suspiciously like a vampire. * 9. Full Body suckers - Nothing subtle about these guys. Just take the whole thing. Usually they have grossly modified physiques to accomplish the un-worthy task set before them. The only thing that separates these guys form ordinary predators is that they gain life-force in addition to the nourishment and tend to assimilate characteristic of their victims. The Parasite of DC comics is one such full-bodied vampire.
* 10. Renfield - He only ate insects, birds and small mammals and may not have been a real vampire at all, only the deluded pawn of Count Dracula - but then the Count did tell him he would gain the life-force of the creatures that he ate, so we include him here for completeness sake. * 11. Courtesean Philippia - Preyed on handsome and intelligent young men she lured to her salon. Requried them to 'go all the way' to satisfy her. (If you know what I mean). Her victims were 'very very tired' after being with her and suffered a loss of a part of their talents as well. She was said to remain very handsome into a advanced old-age and no one ever knew when she died. Soooooo..... * Inactive Vampires: Capable of stealing life-force but not required to do so. * 12. Dhampir - Either the child of a Vampire father or the infected victim of a vampire, before they die. These are people with the ability to become vampires. As they currently have a means of living (not livelihood) they have no need to employ their vampiritic abilities or are unaware of them. When Count Dracula infected Mina (Wilhelmina Harker) with his blood she became a Dhampir until her immunity defense system over-came 'the curse'. * Galaticus: In a class by himself. This mega-monster doesn't steal life-force from living things but rather steals it lump sum from the entire planet. The home planet of the Skrulls met its fate in this way. And also Jiang Shi-they are chinese vampires,when they cross a pile of rice they must count it before going any futher,they also afraid of a specific type of rice,they cannot go into sun light or cross rivers/bodies of waters they bite on the neck or anywhere else where blood is
What are 2 main resources of air pollution?
The two major sources of air pollutions are motor vehicles and industry.
How does conserving energy help control air water and land pollution?
less goes down the drain and into the sewers so theres less recycling required for example long hot showers use a lot of electricity and extra water which requires more energy production and the burning of fossil fuels.
Which pollutants are checked in pollution check?
one of the main causes of air pollution in cities is emissions from vehicles like cars and trucks. an old or poorly tuned engine will produce more pollutants in the air ,rather than a new and well tuned engine. so,it is checked for vehicle emission and air pollution safety.
What is the name of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
The media is using a variety of names.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill seems to be the most common name. The name of the rig that caught fire and sank was the Deepwater Horizon. The BP oil spill is also common , but BP has other spills, so BP oil spill 2010 is better. The oil spill from the Macondo well is also clear. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is common, but since there have been others, Gulf of Mexico oil spill 2010 is better.
What is the meaning of photochemical smog?
Photochemical Smog is any chemical reaction that takes place with the presence of sunlight. The most common example is Ground-level Ozone, caused by reactions of common pollutants along with their reaction to the sunlight.
What are the effects of logging on the environment?
The owner of the timber sells it and gets paid. The loggers that cut it get paid. The mill that buys it, cuts it and sells it gets paid. The companies that sell equipment and supplies to loggers get paid. The lumberyard that bought lumber from the mill sells it to builders, and gets paid. Builders use the lumber to build houses. They pay their workers, and sell the houses and get paid. You get a house to live in. The bank earns money from your mortgage, and uses that to pay interest to people that have savings accounts. The timber owner, loggers, mill hands, lumber yard crew, builders, carpenters take their earnings and buy things, which means someone else made money selling them gasoline, food, boots, jeans, cars, etc. The county or city gets taxes they would not have gotten on your new house. Last, the logger buys seedlings, and pays people to plant the new crop of trees that will grow up and become lumber or paper. Replanting of harvested timber has been required by law in the US for more than 50 years.
What are the effects of the human activities on water quality?
they can be damage if you destroy them
