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Save the Environment
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- 1EnvironmentLiving and non-living things including air, water and land - basically everything around us
- 2polluteto make something dirty and harmful
- 3pollutionintroduction of dirty and harmful things in the environment
- 4decayrotting and decomposing
- 5purifycleaning especially water
- 6dumpingthrowing of waste or unwanted things in a careless manner
- 7fertilizernatural/chemical substance added into soil to make it fertile
- 8manureanimal wastes that is added to soil to make it fertile
- 9Air is important coz- required by living things to breathe
- required by plants to make food
- pure air helps us to stay healthy
- used to generate electricity (wind mill) - 10impure air causes- health hazards
- harms environment - 11different- burning of garbage/plastic/ dry leaves/firewood
- smoke from vehicles/ factories
- bursting of fire crackers
- coughing and sneezing without closing your mouth/nose - 12steps to control air pollution- grow more plants - they give pure air
- stop burning garbage, plastic, dry leaves
- walk or cycle short distance
- use a kerchief
- avoid./reduce busting fire crackers - 13water is needed for- drink, bathe, grow crops, clean, cook
- plants use it to make food
- animals need water to drink and clean
- also used to generate electricity - 14main source of waterrain
- 15rain water increases ground water which is used using-wells
- tube wells
- hand pump - 16cause of water pollution- cleaning and bathing
- disposing off chemicals and impurities from factories and household
- dumping wastes from houses - 17steps to prevent water pollution- treat water before disposing from factories
- do not dump wastes from houses
- do not bathe or clean in the water bodies - 18ways to purify drinking water- water purifier
- boiling water
- chlorine tablets - 19Land is required- to grow crops
- to build houses and factories
- shelter for animals - 20cause of land pollution- dumping of garbage in the open
- disposing off of wastes from factories in the open
- using of fertilizers more than the recommended dosage - 21how to prevent land pollution- grow more plants and trees. the dead leaves act as manure
- do not dump waste from houses and factories in the open
- use manure as fertilizer - 22noisesound which is unpleasant to our ears
- 23causes of noise pollution- loud music
- loud volume of tv and music systems
- honking of vehicles
- loudspeakers
- bursting of fire crackers - 24how to stop noise pollution- plant more trees as they absorb sound
- listen to music and watch tv on low volume
- avoid unnecessary honking - 25number and types of air pollution4
- Air pollution
- water pollution
- land pollution
- sound pollution - 26follow 3 Rs- Recycle
- Reuse
- reduce
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- Science FlashCards sobre Save the Environment, criado por Su Talipady em 05-10-2020.
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