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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
Write the full name of CFC.
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State the chemicals responsible for ozone layer destruction.
The chemicals leading to the formation of ozone holes.
Give Technical Terms:
The chemicals leading to the formation of ozone holes.
True or False:
Ozone in the Troposphere is a harmful pollutant.
Give reason for the following:
The formation of ozone involves a chemical reaction called photolysis.
Why is ozone layer getting depleted at the higher levels of the atmosphere? Mention one harmful effect caused by its depletion.
In 1987, an agreement was formulated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to freeze the production of “X” to prevent the depletion of “Y”. “X” and “Y” respectively referred to here are ______.
