Excessive use of chemicals in agriculture causes soil pollution.

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Solution

The correct option is A True
Many chemicals such as fertilisers, insecticides, pesticides, etc., are used in agriculture to increase the quality and quantity of harvest.
But their excessive use have several disadvantages namely:
$∙$ They kill microbes and earthworms beneficial to soil
$∙$ They leach into the ground increasing toxicity and water pollution.
$∙$ Also if fertilisers find their way to water bodies they can disrupt aquatic life and also to the community that is consuming that water resource

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Excessive use of chemicals in agriculture cause environmental pollution.

Q. Choose the correct statements:

(i) Excessive use of chemicals in agriculture is toxic to many plant and animal species.
(ii) Excessive use of chemical fertilisers can cause environmental pollution.
(iii) Chemical fertilisers are used in agriculture to increase the quantity of harvest.

Excessive use of chemicals in agriculture creates problems since they can be poisonous to many plant and animal species and cause environmental pollution.

Name any two types of chemicals used in agriculture which cause water pollution.

Q. Soil pollution is caused by

(a) excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers
(b) spilling or leakage of chemicals
(c) acid rain
(d) all of these

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