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Why is there increase in garbage?

Important Questions on Our Environment

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Which of the following is a group of only biodegradable substances?
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What are biomedical wastes? Please mention the name of two diseases caused by them. Explain the process of their disposal by incineration method.
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Write one harmful effect of ultraviolet radiation in human beings.
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Give any two ways in which non-biodegradable substances would affect the environment.
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How can you help in reducing the problem of waste disposal? Give any two 
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The disposal of the waste is a serious _____ problem. (economical, social, environmental, visual)

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What is waste? Explain two methods of waste management.
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We should avoid the use of disposable plastics, because _____.
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An environmentalist on a visit to your school suggested various methods to save the environment.

What did the term 'Reduce' refer to?

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The industrial process designed to reduce unwanted materials to simple solid and gaseous residue is called
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Explain in brief how the ozone layer is getting depleted.
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Explain the management of hazardous wastes.
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State two problems caused by non-biodegradable wastes that we generate.
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Name the solar radiation from which the surface of the earth is shielded by ozone layer.
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Which of the following groups contains only biodegradable items?
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Science teacher Mamtaben gives certain statements regarding the importance of the ozone layer. Which statement is totally correct?

(i) Troposphere is not the nearest layer from the earth.

(ii) At a height of 50km in the stratosphere, the ozone layer is located.

(iii) Ozone is a mixed layer of all gases.

(iv) Ozone acts as an umbrella for humans.

(v) Ozone layer is harmful to living organisms.

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Which of the following is an example of non-biodegradable waste?
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What is Agriculture waste? Explain any two methods of its disposal.
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List the advantages of ‘reduce’ and ‘reuse’ to save the environment.
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How can you help in reducing the problem of waste disposal?