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प्रश्न
Enumerate the damage to humans, animals and plants caused due to ozone depletion.
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उत्तर
Damage cause due to ozone depletion to humans:
- Sun burn and skin cancer
- Disruption in function of DNA
- Early aging of skin
- weakening of immune system
- eye cataract and eye damage
Animals: Severe damage to cells of animals and all the damages caused to humans as above.
Plants:
- Retards plant growth.
- Reduces chlorophyll content
- inhibits pollen germination
- Disrupts ecosystem, quality of vegetables
- increases harmful mutations
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Ozone depletion is occurring widely in the stratosphere; it leads to an ozone hole caused mainly due to ______.
What is ozone?
The depletion of ozone layer in the upper atmosphere is mainly due to the emission of :
(a) unburnt hydrocarbons
(b) chlorofluorocarbons
(c) greenhouse gases
(d) ultraviolet radiations
O2 is converted into O3 by the action of :
(a) infrared radiations
(b) ultraviolet radiations
(c) gamma radiations
(d) cosmic radiations
Name the following pollutants:
Any two chemicals leading to the formation of ozone holes.
Give Technical Terms:
The chemicals leading to the formation of ozone holes.
What is an ozone layer. State the distribution of the ozone layer in the stratosphere.
The substance which is chiefly responsible for the depletion of ozone layer is ______.
Depletion of ozone is mainly due to
World Ozone day is celebrated on ______.
