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B.  Environment

Temperature is an important factor to consider when assessing water quality. Water temperature can affect the metabolic rates and biological activity of aquatic organisms. Water temperature should be between 22-25 degree celsius.  But the water temperature should preferably be less than 25 degree celsius because in this temperature aquatic life flourish.

Conventional farming systems share many characteristics like rapid technological innovation, large capital investments, uniform high-yield hybrid crops, extensive use of pesticides, fertilizers, and external energy inputs.

Negative effects include:

Reduction in soil organic matter may be attributed to excessive use of fertilisers.

Soil erosion because of over irrigation may lead to soil erosion

Leaching of pesticides and fertilizers into the groundwater due to extensive use of pesticides and fertilizers.

Depletion of Earth's ozone layer results in increased amount of Ultra violet radiation will reach earth's surface

Ozone is a protective blanket that is present in stratosphere which protects earth from harmful effects of UV radiations that are present in sun light.

Chlorofluorocarbons and other halogenated compounds cause ozone depletion.

Chlorofluorocarbons are anthropogenic and are released from air-conditioning, refrigeration, blowing agents in foams, insulations and packing materials, propellants in aerosol cans, and as solvents.

BOD stands for Biological Oxygen Demand. It is the amount of dissolved oxygen needed by aerobic biological organisms to break down organic matter present in a given water sample. It is mostly expressed in milligrams of oxygen consumed per litre of sample. 

Though industrial development in India caused enormous improvement in India’s economy, it also proved disastrous to the environment.

Industries caused air pollution due to the smoke released from factories.

They also caused water pollution due to the draining of industrial wastes into water bodies causing hectic problems to marine and human life.

Main pollution is caused by chemical industries.

Trapping of sun’s heat in the lower atmosphere due to increase in the pollution causing gases like carbon dioxide is called greenhouse effect.

Greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane and ozone, nitrous oxide etc.

Sun’s radiation is partly absorbed by earth and rest of the radiations are reflected back to the atmosphere. But the greenhouse gases form blanket in the atmosphere and traps the radiation from escaping. This causes an increase in earth’s temperature resulting in Global warming.