Water Pollution and Its Effects

Peter is camping with his family near a stream in a wooded area. During his stay in the camp he throws all the plastic waste into the stream. What is wrong with this?

Take a careful look at this picture. The girl experiences abdominal pain with diarrhea. What do you think she is suffering from?

Does groundwater pollution affect all kinds of living things?

State true or false.

Water pollution has both immediate as well as long-term effects.

A few people on a trek suffered from symptoms of vomiting and nausea after drinking untreated water from a stream. What might be the cause for such an illness?

Look at the picture below. Name the type of pollution it causes. (Water pollution/Air pollution/Noise pollution)

Untreated _____ (wastewater/vehicular emissions/vermicompost) pollute water bodies adversely.

Why industries must treat the wastewater before discharging it into water bodies?

What is eutrophication? How does it affect the aquatic life?

Write two harmful effects of water pollution? 

What are the ill-effects of water pollution on our health and on aquatic life?

_____ pollution can lead to the spread of dysentery and cholera.