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Environmental Issues
(a) Name any two places where it is essential to install electrostatic percipitators. Why is it required to do so?
(b) Mention one limitation of the electrostatic precipitator.
(a) Two places where it is essential to install electrostatic precipitators are automobile vehicles and thermal power plants. This is so because these produce toxic gases and need an electrostatic precipitator to remove particulate matter from their exhaust.
(b) One of the major limitations of the electrostatic precipitator is that it cannot remove particulate matter that are very small particles that are less than 2.5-micrometre in diameter). The PM 2.5 or smaller are the one which causes various respiratory problems and can pose the greatest harm to human health.
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1. Increase in concentration of soluble salts in the soil is called.........
2. Aforestation can check the advancement of......... .
3. DDT is a serious pollutant as it is a.........pollutant and undergoes......... .
4 .........plant has become a troublesome weed in agricultural fields.
5 .........are major aerosol pollutant present in jet aircraft emission.
Discarded computer parts like monitors, key boards, mouse etc.
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