Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Define the following term:
Oil spills
Advertisements
Solution
Oil spills are the accidental discharges of petroleum into oceans or estuaries. The sources of spills are overturned oil tankers, offshore oil mining, and oil refineries.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Give appropriate biological/technical terms for the following:
The type of waste generated in hospitals and pathological laboratories
What do you do in the following situations:
Get turbid drinking water during monsoon.
Define pollution. “Industries are pouring poison in water” - Explain
List the three major constituents of sewage.
Answer the following question in one or two paragraphs
What are the major causes of water pollution?
What is water pollution?
How can we reduce water pollution?
Write notes on the following:
Algal Bloom
Phosphate containing fertilisers cause water pollution. Addition of such compounds in water bodies causes:
(i) enhanced growth of algae.
(ii) decrease in amount of dissolved oxygen in water.
(iii) deposition of calcium phosphate.
(iv) increase in fish population.
BOD is measure of ______.
