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    How Is Air Pollution Caused: A PPT By-Arnav Barman Viii-F

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    This document discusses the causes of air pollution. It defines air pollution and lists major air pollutants such as CO, SO2, NO, NO2, dust and smoke. It identifies the two main sources of air pollution as natural sources like volcanic eruptions and dust storms, and man-made sources such as the burning of fuels for energy, auto exhausts, industrial emissions, smoking, and operations of thermal power plants. Specifically, it explains that burning of fuels for energy, emissions from vehicles, gases released from industrial processes, smoking, and emissions from coal-fired power plants releasing sulfur dioxide are the major human activities responsible for air pollution.

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    This document discusses the causes of air pollution. It defines air pollution and lists major air pollutants such as CO, SO2, NO, NO2, dust and smoke. It identifies the two main sources of air pollution as natural sources like volcanic eruptions and dust storms, and man-made sources such as the burning of fuels for energy, auto exhausts, industrial emissions, smoking, and operations of thermal power plants. Specifically, it explains that burning of fuels for energy, emissions from vehicles, gases released from industrial processes, smoking, and emissions from coal-fired power plants releasing sulfur dioxide are the major human activities responsible for air pollution.

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    This document discusses the causes of air pollution. It defines air pollution and lists major air pollutants such as CO, SO2, NO, NO2, dust and smoke. It identifies the two main sources of air pollution as natural sources like volcanic eruptions and dust storms, and man-made sources such as the burning of fuels for energy, auto exhausts, industrial emissions, smoking, and operations of thermal power plants. Specifically, it explains that burning of fuels for energy, emissions from vehicles, gases released from industrial processes, smoking, and emissions from coal-fired power plants releasing sulfur dioxide are the major human activities responsible for air pollution.

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    HOW IS AIR POLLUTION

    CAUSED
    A PPT BY-ARNAV BARMAN
    VIII-F

    POLLUTION
    The presence of unusually high
    concentrations of harmful or poisonous
    substances in the environment.
    The introduction of contaminants into an
    environment which cause harm to human
    beings, other living organisms and the
    environment.
    There are 4 types of pollution- 1 soil
    pollution
    2- noise pollution 3-air pollution 4-water
    pollution.

    POLLUTANTS
    The unwanted or harmful substances which
    contaminate the air, water and soil.
    The substance which causes pollution.
    Major pollutants are-CO,SO2,NO,NO2,Dust
    and Smoke.

    AIR POLLUTION
    The contamination of air with harmful gases, smoke
    and dust is called air pollution.
    The substance whose presence in air makes the air
    polluted is known as air pollutant.
    The air over large cities is heavily contaminated with
    harmful gases like sulphur dioxide, nitrogen
    oxides,carbon monoxides, smoke and
    dust,etc.

    SOURCES

    There are two types of sources of pollution1)Natural sources. For eg- volcanic eruption,
    dust storm, forest fires.
    2)Man made sources. For eg-burning of fuel,
    auto exhausts, industries, smoking, thermal
    power plants, other human activities.

    HOW IS AIR POLLUTION


    CAUSED ?
    Burning of fuels- Burning of coal, wood , kerosene,
    petrol and diesel produces black smoke which
    pollutes the air. Smoke from these fuels contains
    poisonous gases like CO,SO2 and unburnt carbon
    particles which import black color to smoke.
    Auto exhaust- Vehicles such as cars, buses, trucks,
    scooters, mopeds, etc. also produces smoke burning
    petrol or diesel. The gases emitted by the engines of
    these vehicles is known as auto-exhaust. Autoexhaust is a major cause of air pollution in big cities.

    Industries- The chemical industries


    discharge poisonous gases into the air which
    pollute the air. For eg- a bleaching powder
    factory emits chlorine gas into the air
    similarly, other factories may produce SO2,
    NO2, CO2, etc. all these gases escape into
    the air and causes pollution.
    Autoexhaust and the smoke form the factories
    are the two major source of air pollution.
    Smoking- Smoking produces carbon
    monoxide and nicotine which are
    poisonous chemicals and pollute air.

    Thermal power plants- Thermal power plants generate


    electricity by burning fossils fuels such as coal or natural gas.
    Coal contains sulphur which produces sulphur dioxide upon
    burning in addition huge amounts of ash and soot are produced,
    which cause the emission of black smoke from chimneys. The
    burning of natural gas however, does not cause air pollution, it
    produces neither sulphur dioxide nor ash and soot.
    Other Human Activities- Many human activities cause air
    pollution. Dust particles get into air during harvesting of wheat
    and rice, causing respiratory problems. Stored petroleum
    products , fertilisers, insecticides and other chemicals emit
    fumes that pollute

    air. CFC`s used in refrigerators, which were considered


    harmless earlier, have been found to be causing
    depletion of the ozone layer. Garbage disposal sites,
    where the garbage of a city is dumped, cause huge
    amounts of air pollution.
    Dust produced by the movement of
    heavy traffic and various industrial operations pollute
    the air.

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