GROUP 1

 Introduction – K.P Adithya

 Air pollution – Sonal
 Causes of air pollution – Jaison
 Pollutants and their sources – Merin
 Effects of air pollution – Elizabeth
 Greenhouse effect or global warming – Ajil
 Causes and effects of global warming – Joseph
 Quiz – Jaison
 The addition of harmful substances to the
environment which adversely affects
human beings , plants and animals is called
pollution.
 The harmful substances causing pollution
are called pollutants.
 Air pollution

 Water pollution

 Soil pollution

 Noise pollution
 The addition of harmful substances into the
air which adversely affects human beings ,
plants and animals is called air pollution.
When the air contains
 Smoke ,
 Dust particles and
 Gases like carbon monoxide , excess
carbon dioxide , sulphur dioxide and
nitrogen dioxides .
 Burning or combustion of fuels

 Emission from vehicles

 Emission from industries

 Other factors
POLLUTANTS SOURCES
CARBON MONOXIDE Incomplete combustion of coal in thermal power plants
Incomplete combustion of fuels in vehicles,etc ….

NITROGEN OXIDES Combustion of petrol , diesel , coal , kerosene , etc…

SULPHUR DIOXIDE Volcanic eruptions , extraction of sulphur from its ore ,

burning of fossil fuels and sulphur .

SOOT AND SMOKE Combustion of fuels

DUST PARTICLES AND Various industrial processes , stormy winds

PARTICULATE MATTER
 Effects of air
pollution

Environmental
Health effects
effects
POLLUTANTS EFFECTS

CARBON •Extremely Poisonous

MONOXIDE •Cuts off the oxygen supply to the cells
•Headache , dizziness , nausea , death

NITROGEN •Respiratory problems like cough , chest pain ,

DIOXIDE difficulty in breathing

SULPHUR DIOXIDE •Poisonous

•Irritation of eyes
•Respiratory problems like wheezing , chest
tightness , shortness of breath
POLLUTANTS EFFECTS

UNBURNT CARBON •Irritation of trachea , cough , bronchitis ,

PARTICLES worsening of asthma

SMOKE •Irritation in eyes , nose , throat and lungs

•Asthma , cough , bronchitis , lung cancer

EXCESSIVE CARBON •Headache , dizziness , restlessness ,

DIOXIDE difficulty in breathing
•Increased blood pressure
•Global warming or Greenhouse Effect

•Acid rain

•Depletion of ozone layer

•Photochemical smog
 A greenhouse is a
house made of glass
which allows sunlight
to enter through it ,
but prevents it from
escaping .

 So, the temperature

increases inside the
greenhouse and saves
the plants from cold .
 Solar radiation falls on the earth

Some of it absorbed , some reflected

Gases like carbon dioxide, methane, water,

etc…in the atmosphere trap the heat

Greenhouse effect
 Carbon dioxide

 Methane

 Nitrous oxide

 Hydrofluorocarbons
 Increase in average temperature of the
earth’s atmosphere which is great enough to
cause changes in the global climate.
When concentration of greenhouse
gases increases
They trap more heat

Temperature of earth increases

Global warming
 Deforestation

 Burning of fossil fuels

 Biological degradation of organic

matter present in sewage which
releases methane gas
 Rise in temperature of earth’s surface

 Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps

 Rise in sea level which will lead to

flooding of low lying and coastal areas
THANK YOU….