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What are some examples of pollutants that can negatively affect living organisms and the environment?
What are some examples of pollutants that can negatively affect living organisms and the environment?
Pesticides, fertilizers, poisonous chemicals, oil spills, gases, soot, smoke, ash, and particulates from burning vegetation.
How do pollutants from soil affect aquatic animals?
How do pollutants from soil affect aquatic animals?
Pollutants from soil, such as pesticides and fertilizers, can wash away into rivers and kill many fishes, birds, and other animals.
What are some sources of water pollution?
What are some sources of water pollution?
Factories that dump poisonous chemicals into bodies of water, oil spills released by ships, tankers, and pipelines.
What causes air pollution?
What causes air pollution?
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What is global warming and what causes it?
What is global warming and what causes it?
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Pollutants introduced to the environment can cause ______ and negatively affect every living thing.
Pollutants introduced to the environment can cause ______ and negatively affect every living thing.
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Pollutants from soil can come from pesticides and fertilizers used on farms, which can wash away into rivers and kill many ______, birds, and other animals.
Pollutants from soil can come from pesticides and fertilizers used on farms, which can wash away into rivers and kill many ______, birds, and other animals.
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Pollutants from water can come from factories that dump poisonous chemicals into bodies of water or oil spills released by ships, tankers, and pipelines that can remain dangerous for aquatic living things for a long ______.
Pollutants from water can come from factories that dump poisonous chemicals into bodies of water or oil spills released by ships, tankers, and pipelines that can remain dangerous for aquatic living things for a long ______.
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Air pollution can be caused by gases or particulates, including soot, smoke, and ash from coal combustion, dust released during industrial processes, and other particulates from burning ______.
Air pollution can be caused by gases or particulates, including soot, smoke, and ash from coal combustion, dust released during industrial processes, and other particulates from burning ______.
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Greenhouse gases trap heat, causing Earth to be ______ than usual.
Greenhouse gases trap heat, causing Earth to be ______ than usual.
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