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Answers to Unit Test Paper 6

A. Choose the correct option.
1. b. Books 2. b. water pollution
3. d. none of these 4. b. deafness
B. Write T for true and F for false. Correct the false statement.
1. garbage 2. lung cancer 3. land 4. soil
C. Write one word for the following.
1. Pollution 2. Roots 3. Soil erosion 4. Noise pollution
D. Short answer questions
1. There are mainly four types of pollution. These are air pollution, water pollution,
land pollution, and noise pollution.
2. Air pollution may cause a number of deadly diseases such as lung cancer and
asthma.
3. Household activities such as washing clothes or bathing animals in rivers, especially
in rural areas, can cause water pollution.
4. Roots of trees hold the soil together. Deforestation causes strong winds and water
to carry soil particles away leading to soil erosion (the wearing away of topsoil).
5. Vehicles, loudspeakers, etc., are the sources of noise pollution.
E. Long answer questions
1. Everything that surrounds us forms our environment. The introduction of harmful
substances into the environment due to human activities is called pollution. There
are mainly four types of pollution. These are air pollution, water pollution, land
pollution, and noise pollution.
2. Air Pollution: Industries and vehicles are the main sources of air pollution. Burning
of garbage also leads to air pollution. Air pollution may cause a number of deadly
diseases such as lung cancer and asthma.

Water Pollution: Industries are a major source of water pollution. Household
and industrial wastes released into water bodies pollute them. Activities such as
washing clothes or bathinganimals in rivers, especially in rural areas, also cause
water pollution.
3. Land Pollution: Dumping of solid wastes such as plastic bags, glass bottles,

and metal containers cause land pollution. Roots of trees hold the soil together.
Deforestation causes strong winds and water to carry soil particles away leading
to soil erosion (the wearing away of topsoil).

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