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It is process in which nutrient enriched water bodies support a dense plant population which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen and result in subsequent loss of biodiversity is known as Eutrophication.

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CFC breakdown by visible light to give Cl radical which react with stratospheric ozone.
CFC, CF? Cl? - (hv)-> Cl• + •CF? Cl
Cl• (g) + O? → ClO• + O?
ClO• + O → Cl• + O?
Atmospheric ozone reacts with NO to give NO? and O?
O? + NO → NO? + O?

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Methane gas is produced during anaerobic degradation of vegetation that leads to global warming so considered as greenhouse gas like CO2. Also it causes cancer.

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Clean water would have BOD Value less than 5ppm, highly polluted water could have BOD value of 17 ppm or more.

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Both statements are true when pH decreases from 5.6 then it becomes more acidic hence it is called Acid rain.

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Primary pollutants are oxides of N & C and classical smog is due to SO2 & particulates of fossil

 

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BOD is biological oxygen demand which represents the amount of oxygen required to degrade organic matter in water.

Higher the BOD more polluted the water is

So; here water sample with BOD = 3 ppm is the cleanest

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Highly polluted water has higher value of BOD ≥17 ppm

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Solubility of gas in liquid increases on decreasing the temperature. So water at 4°C will have more dissolved O2.

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Nowdays liquid CO2 used as washing clothes, because Cl2 and C2H2Cl4 are toxic

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