Tag: sources of waste

• Paint is any pigmented liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition that, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, converts to a solid film. It is most commonly used to protect, colour, or provide texture to objects.
• Soil pollution is defined as the presence of toxic chemicals (pollutants or contaminants) in soil, in high enough concentrations to pose a risk to human health and/or the ecosystem.
  
• Paints consist of heavy metal pollutants which when mixed with soil causes soil pollution.
• Hence Paint is the industrial sources of soil pollution.
• So, the correct answer is 'Paints'.

• Soil pollution is defined as the presence of toxic chemicals (pollutants or contaminants) in soil, in high enough concentrations to pose a risk to human health and/or the ecosystem.
• Sources of soil pollution include Pesticides, Biomedical Wastes, Industrial Wastes, improper disposal of waste, etc.
• So, the correct answer is 'None of the above'.

Soil pollution is alteration in soil caused by removal or addition of substances and factors, which decrease its productivity and quality of plants and ground water. Negative soil pollution is reduction in soil productivity due to erosion and over use. Positive soil pollution is reduction in soil productivity due to addition of undesirable substances e.g., agrochemicals, industrial wastes, air pollutants washed down by rain, faulty sanitation etc. Pesticides and fertilisers are the two most important types of agrochemicals.

Tundra receives very little precipitation, around 25 cm year, mostly in the form of snow. The area is covered by snow for most part of the year. The highest summer temperature is $12^0$

Plants require water for the metabolic actions which is absorbed by the roots of the plants. The total water which is poured in the soil is not available to the plants.bThe total water content present in the soil is called hollard. Chresard is 75% of capillary water, water actually available for plants so that they can absorbed for their growth. Echard is remaining water. Therefore, correct relationship between them is Chresard + Echard = Hollard or Chresard = Hollard - echard. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Introduction of an undesired component in the natural ecosystem is called as pollution. Wastes like plastic, chemicals, industrial effluents etc., causes damage to the natural micro flora of soil. Due to this soil pollution is lead.

Presence of unwanted contaminant in soil is called soil contamination. The deposition of pesticides on fruits and vegetables lead to its accumulation in fatty tissues of the host. This phenomenon is called bio accumulation.