Geography
Answer
Environmental pollution refers to any unfavourable alteration of our surroundings, wholly or largely as a byproduct of man's actions. These changes may affect man and other organisms.
Pollutants are the products which are released into the biosphere in large quantities and which affect the normal functioning of ecosystems and have an adverse effect on plants, animals and man.
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Assertion (A): Eighty per cent of marine pollution comes from land.
Reason (R): Mining for materials such as copper and gold is a major source of contamination in the ocean.
- Both A and R are true and R is one of the reasons for A.
- Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
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