Land, water and air pollution Flashcards

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What does the increasing population have an effect on?

A

The environment as we take the resources to survive

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What are people around the world doing?

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Demanding a higher standard of living, so we use raw materials so we use more energy which means we are taking more recourses that we have

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What is happening to many materials?

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They are being used more then they are being replaced

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How is the water polluted?

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Sewage and toxic chemicals, which can be the chemicals we use for farming like Pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers. All of this get’s washed into the water

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How do we pollute the land?

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Toxic chemicals for farming, nuclear waste we dump many things

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How is the air affected?

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Smoke and acidic gases can be released into the atmosphere and can pollute the air

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