Impact of Waste on Aquatic and Terrestrial life

Q.

What are the heavy metals that cause water pollution?

Q. Which of the following are impacts of waste on aquatic life?

1. Reduced growth in fish
2. Increased survival ability
3. Diminished survival ability
4. Species extinction

Q.

The disease found in milk-yielding farm animals is

1. Ranikhet

2. Aspergillosis

3. Rinderpest

4. Brucellosis

Q. Fluorosis is caused due to the ingestion of that is found in various waste disposal sites.

1. ferrous oxide
2. fluoride
3. nitrogen
4. sulphide

Q. When animals forage through dumpyards hoping to find something to eat, they are most likely to be afflicted with fluorosis.

Which of the following animals are most commonly associated with this disease?

1. Dogs
2. Cattle
3. Cats
4. Monkeys

Q. Due to the dumping of waste containing toxic chemicals and metals, water bodies, aquatic life, and marine life get severely affected.
Identify the toxic metals present in water due to waste accumulation.

1. Iron
2. Arsenic
3. Lead
4. Bismuth

Q. Presence of which of the following toxic metals due to waste accumulation are harmful for aquatic life?

1. Arsenic
2. Cadmium
3. Lithium
4. Mercury

Q. What is the disease that sheep and cattle get infected with when exposed to waste?

1. Cheesy gland
2. Fluorosis
3. Selenium deficiency
4. Malignant catarrhal fever

Q.

Can humans get scrapie?

Q. Which of the following options are true with respect to the impact of wastes on aquatic life?

a. Reduction in growth of fish.

b. Diminished survival ability.

1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option a and b
4. None of the above

Q. Diseases found in animal husbandry are ______________.

1. Anthrax
2. Foot and Mouth
3. Mastitis
4. All of the above

Q. What affects aquatic marine life?

1. Waste disposal into the air
2. Burning of waste
3. Waste disposal into the soil
4. Waste disposal into the water

Q. The presence of toxic metals in the water due to waste accumulation, would reduce the growth of fish and diminish its survival ability.

1. True
2. False

Q.

B) Give one word for the following.

5. A bacterium that infects sheep.