NEET BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Coal-burning factories and increased automobile usage has caused the GREATEST increase in which of these?
A
air pollution
B
nuclear waste
C
soil depletion
D
water pollution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the carbon monoxide pollution comes from burning fossil fuels in vehicles, factories, and power plants, but another major source is from burning wood or crop waste.

Detailed explanation-2: -Coal-burning factories and increased automobile usage have caused the GREATEST increase in air pollution. Explanation: Air contamination is a mixture of dispersed small pollutants and gases. Vehicle pollutants, industrial products, smoke, pollen, and mold spores may be stored as particulate matter.

Detailed explanation-3: -Coal impacts: air pollution When coal is burned it releases a number of airborne toxins and pollutants. They include mercury, lead, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulates, and various other heavy metals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vehicle emissions, fuel oils and natural gas to heat homes, by-products of manufacturing and power generation, particularly coal-fueled power plants, and fumes from chemical production are the primary sources of human-made air pollution.

Detailed explanation-5: -Coal plants are the nation’s top source of carbon dioxide emissions, the primary cause of global warming. Burning coal is also a leading cause of smog, ash, acid rain, and toxic air pollution.

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