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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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A change in the acidity of mountain lakes would most likely be a result of?

acid deposition, such as the deposition of acid rain or snow. Acidic emissions from industrial activities or exhaust from vehicles can be carried by wind and deposited onto the surface of lakes, causing a decrease in pH and making the lakes more acidic. This change in acidity can have negative impacts on aquatic life and water quality.

Can you get a burn by switching from faucet to spray?

Its not changing from faucet to spray itself that burns, but the temperature of the water and where your body part is in relation to the water.

How do the older generation justiy what they have done to this planet and are they worried that their children may not have future because of the pollution they have largely contributed to?

Answer: How can you blame the older generation? In my youth we did not know we were doing damage to the environment, it is this generation that needs to do something about it now, global warming warnings have been around now for a few years but not 30 plus years ago as you are trying to state. It is this generation that needs to act and not try and blame the older generation for doing something that they did not realise was bad. This generation Knows all about the damage and is still not doing nowhere near enough about it!! Answer:

Any question that starts with the premise that there is a good "us" and a bad "them" is hard to answer.

It is the older generation (Baby Boomers) that saved the Great Lakes from phosphate pollution, worked to produce the concept of sustainable development, initiated the Montreal Protocol to ban CFCs, passed the Kyoto Accord, worked to ban smoking, passed most existing human rights legislation, saw the end of Apartheid, started most o the recycling activities, protected wildlife, ran Green Peace, protested wars, eliminated smallpox and a host of other things. Granted they did a lot of things that messed things up and failed to heed now obvious warnings, but hey did come to see the errors of their ways and are trying to correct the problems. The present problem is that the older folks are ready to retire, but companies bribe them to stay on as there is no one to hand off to coming up through the system. Older folks view the movie "Idiocracy" as a glimpse of the future.

What happens when you're growing up and a Sikh?

Life goes on like normal. Nothing is different from the way other people live.

What are the different types of SDLC?

1. Waterfall Model

2. Spiral Model

3. Iterative Model

4. Prototype Model

5. RAD Model

6. COCOMO Model

7. V-Model

8. Fish Model

What are three ways that industries can conserve water?

  1. Install filtration on all their waste water so it can be reused in the industry, or at least recycled to water parklands.
  2. Examine their processes for ways to use less water.
  3. Cooperate with cities or other industries to use recycled water. One industry may have clean waste water that another industry can use, perhaps for cooling.

Does burning rocket fuel pollute and why?

The pollution levels resulting from rockets varies. Some rockets use hydrogen and oxygen to reach orbit, meaning their exhaust is merely water vapor. Solid fuels produce more pollutants. Additionally, some rockets burn rocket-grade kerosine, hydrazine, and nitrogen tetroxide do not burn very clean. Some rockets burn nitrous oxide and high-grade rubber, which does not burn clean. While the exhaust does not burn clean, the infrequency of it's use results in a negligible environmental impact. Additionally, much of the exhaust is also released high enough to not enter the atmosphere.

What needs to be done to help or resolve the issue of air pollution?

There are a few things that can be done to help or resolve the problem of air pollution. Using electric cars, carpooling, and reducing the amount of chemicals that are burned will help reduce air pollution.

Do modern houses have higher levels of indoor pollution because they are more fire resistant?

No, it has to do with the fact that modern buildings are better insulated (for heating/cooling) and better sealed to prevent air leaks (which cause loss of hot/cold air to the outside). This reduces the number of air exchanges that happen per hour with the outside to bring in fresh air. With less fresh air the pollutants concentrate in the internal air.

Some HVAC systems partially correct this issue by using forced air heat exchanger systems that draw in outside air through a heat exchanger while exhausting inside air through the same heat exchanger so that the fresh outside air is warmed/cooled to the temperature of the inside air before being released inside and the dirty inside air is cooled/warmed to the temperature of the outside air before being exhausted outside. This helps but can add significant cost to the HVAC system and does not work in a power failure.

What is social pollution?

Social Pollution is a part of Pollution.It is caused by us. We are responsible for that. Most other it is caused from engine railway,chimney of the factories and garbages of the road

How did DDT get into lakes and oceans?

When DDT is applied to soil, water or other materials it does not decompose or biodegrade rapidly. As consequence it is slowly washed out with the water flows into groundwater or surface flows into streams. These flows eventually reach lakes and oceans with the DDT content still intact.

The biggest problem was the over application of DDT which exceeded the absorptive capacity of the environment leaving a surplus to become mobile in water flows.

How are decomposers used in the treatment of sewage?

Decay is an essential life process that digests food or waste matter and recycles materials. Materials from living things decay because they are digested (broken down) by microorganisms. These microorganisms cause decay by releasing enzymes that break down compounds to be absorbed by their cells.

Bacteria and fungi are the main groups of decomposer.

Factors affecting decayThe factors that affect the rate of decay include:
  • moisture
  • temperature
  • amount of available oxygen.

Microorganisms are more active and digest materials faster when they are in moist, warm and aerobic conditions. They will digest materials more slowly in dry, cold and anaerobic conditions.

CyclesSome of the substances released during decay are needed by plants for healthy growth. In a stable community of living things, processes that return substances to the environment (such as decay) are balanced by the processes that remove and use substances. In this way, the substances are continuously recycled.

Why is Lake Ontario the most polluted?

The problem with Lake Ontario is mostly its elevation. AS the lowest lying Great Lake, it accumulates the down stream runoff from all the other lakes. Also add to the fact it's location as an old industial waterway (steel mills of Ohio) and its history of pollution has been decades. It's slowly recovering now because those mills are mostly in the southern USA. Today's problem is mostly with Nuclear Power Plants and their warm water. Nuclear Plants usually need a huge volume of cold water to cool their super hot reactors. In the Midwest, most plants are required to hold this superheated water for a few weeks and then release it when cool. That does not happen on the Lake as power companies release warm water, effluent release temperature is dictates as part of plant licensing, following an environmental impact study. The lake also suffers from foreign population as large ocean going ships dump water, usually polluted water from Asian shores (used to balance the ship when empty), into the waterways. Hence how the zebra mussel got there. It's just location, of being the lowest in elevation, heart of the old American industrial heartland, and doorway to the rest of the inner great lakes, makes the Lake a hallway that people wipe their feet at when entering the countries interior.

What is the solution for domestic sewage?

Don't flush your toilet every time you have a wee, the energy to pump and clean the water to flush the toilet causes a lot of C02 Emissions Wee outside when possible don't get caught though in public you can face a criminal charge for exposure just tell the cops you were helping save the environment if they ask you questions. There will be no charge if no one was around to see you.

As for the other sewerage put it in a bucket and use it on your garden and don't tell the neighbours what it is mix it well with your soil. Or collect it in mass amounts and sell it for energy production. Methane and fertiliser for farmers.

What happens to mammals in the oil spills?

there suckers

ill be telling u how oil spills harm animals.

oil spills affects the plumage and the fur of mammals and causes them to be more vulnerable to temperatures.blinds animals

What are the pros and cons to Participative leadership?

I really dont the answer for this question, so you please not ask again....thank you

What is the optimal level of pollution?

when marginal benefit is equal to marginal cost

To be more specific:

When the marginal damage cost of polluting is equal to the marginal abatement cost of polluting (or the marginal benefit of polluting, which is equivalent to the MAC)

How do you weigh gases?

All matter has mass. All things with mass weigh something in a gravitational field.

Gases are matter and on Earth are in a gravitational field, so they weigh something.

Sometimes it would seem they are weight free or even buoyant because of the ther gas in the atmosphere. However in isolation with these effects removed they all have weight.

An example of gas weights: Most atmospheric gases weigh around 30 g per 22.4 liters

What is the function of methylene blue solution on polluted water samples?

Polluted water sample will decolorize the methylene blue solution faster than a pure water sample.

What steps are taken by the government to reduce the level of pollution in Pakistan?

Pakistan government has taken defference steps to reduce the polllution level. Inorder to decrease the air pollution government organize tree plantation compaign twice a year.