SSC
BIOLOGY
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Question
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Households pollute water sources by ____ waste into ponds, lakes and rivers.
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damaging
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dumping
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losing
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leading
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Every household produces garbage. It can be in the form of papers, plastic bottles, glass, rubber, aluminium and also waste food. This garbage is sometimes dumped in water bodies, and this causes water pollution. Some of these waste deposits take up to 200 years to decompose.
Detailed explanation-2: -Water pollution occurs when harmful substances-often chemicals or microorganisms-contaminate a stream, river, lake, ocean, aquifer, or other body of water, degrading water quality and rendering it toxic to humans or the environment.
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