what are the effects of water pollution on plants?
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Only one side effect. DEATH!
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The main cause of disturbances in water pH levels is non-point source pollution.  The following is quoted from the EPA's "Polluted" brochure, brochure number EPA-841-F-94-005, and explains how non-point source pollution in general effects water and the environment.\n\n*******\nPolluted Runoff:\nWhat is Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution?\n...\nNonpoint source (NPS) pollution, unlike pollution from industrial and sewage treatment plants, comes from many diffuse sources. NPS pollution is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground. As the runoff moves, it picks up and carries away natural and human-made pollutants, finally depositing them into lakes, rivers, wetlands, coastal waters, and even our underground sources of drinking water.\n...\nStates report that nonpoint source pollution is the leading remaining cause of water quality problems. The effects of nonpoint source pollutants on specific waters vary and may not always be fully assessed. However, we know that these pollutants have harmful effects on drinking water supplies, recreation, fisheries, and wildlife.\n*******
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Naturally.  As long as pollution continues, the world logically will be more polluted every day.  The population grows exponentially, most of that population acquires a car, resulting in air and noise pollution.  The many natural disasters to recently grip the world (the Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, etc.) massively increase pollution by rupturing and spreading sewage pipes.  As more fuels are burned, acid rain is made, heavily polluting the water, along with runoff from more construction sites and pollutants from factories.  This in turn affects groundwater, polluting the soil.  As all of these causes increase with the population, so will pollution.
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Effects of deforestation.\n\nthis can be a local problem with global consequences.\n\ncan be biology and chemsitry (maybe physics as well, heat flows etc.)
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pollution: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com  \n... decreases the nutrient load to the Nile Delta, which leads to a much heavier ... China's rapid industrialization has increased pollution and made it the world's ...www.answers.com/topic/pollution \nINDUSTRIALIZATION, TRADE AND POLLUTION IN LATIN AMERICA: A REVIEW OF THE ISSUES Rhys Jenkins  \n... analysing the impact of industrialization on pollution, it is useful to ... of trade and investment is that it leads to weaker environmental standards. ...lasa.international.pitt.edu/LASA98/Jenkins.pdf
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One common name for this is "nutrient overload" and it is responsible for things like algal blooms and eutrophication of the water. \nI think  it's the term "eutrophication" you are after:\nhttp://toxics.usgs.gov/definitions/eutrophication.html\n\n"Eutrophication is a process whereby water bodies, such as lakes, estuaries, or slow-moving streams receive excess nutrients that stimulate excessive plant growth (algae, periphyton attached algae, and nuisance plants weeds)."
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presence of some acidic waste present in the water as aquatic plants give out waste acidic substance--urea, ammonia.
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Water is crucial to photosynthasis, but you may be surprised at the results of other liquids (that are water based of course, everything else will kill the plant---fast!) Just play around with it, that is the fun of experiments. Try some liquids that are more acidic and some that are more basic. Sprite, asprin dissolved in water.... Maybe try coffee--I know that coffee grounds work as a great compost and make plants grow faster and fuller. Who know? Good luck & have fun!
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Some good internet sites where you will get these details are \n\n\nhttp://yap.nic.in/delhi-Pollution.asp\nhttp://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Crisis/River-yamuna.htm\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges_River
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Rain water is good for plants. Put a barrel or bucket out to capture rain water, add a bit of bagged manure from the garden section,let it sit and use that water for your plants. They will grow spectacularly :)\nTap water has been treated and lost all of it's natural minerals.\nWell water is a very good water source also as it has all it's natural minerals.
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plants use the sunlight to turn nutrients into sugars to feed the plant they also take the toxins away from the plant when they go brown and drop off. Carbon dioxide and oxygen are released from them.
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Hey \n  every year i do a science fair project on plants and last year i learned how it happens.  First of all it is called absorbtion  Next, the water is sucked up by the ruts when the plant is looking for nutrients. then it takes the water to a different part of the (stomach) of the plant and it eats the water.\n  Hope i helped
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Pollution can cause the following harms:\n1. Dust particles and smoke particles deposit themselves in the lungs and cause respiratory problems.\n2. Carbon monoxide react with the red blood cells to form carboxy haemoglobin. Then red blood cells loose the capacity to carry oxygen.\n3. Chlorofluorocarbons destroy the ozone layer and this in turn can cause skin cancer.\n4. Sulphur dioxide and nitric oxide dissolve in water to form acid rain. This acid rain destroys buildings and damages crops and trees.\n\nWell,that's all i have.Hope this bit of information helps you to get through your homework.\nAll the best.
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Working in environmental analytics, pollution situations are a common experience. One of the most common occurrances of pollution is sullage or liquid manure in surface waters, absolutely deadly for all life forms requiring oxygen from the water, and poisonous for plants in high concentrations, too.\n\nPollution can be quite natural...
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Pollution is:\n\n1. Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities.\n2. Undesirable change in the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of the air, water, or land that can harmfully affect the health, survival, or activities of human or other living organisms.\n3. Unwanted chemicals or other materials found in the air. Pollutants can harm health, the environment and property. Many air pollutants occur as gases or vapors, but some are very tiny solid particles: dust, smoke or soot.\n4. Any substances in water, soil, or air that degrade the natural quality of the environment, offend the senses of sight, taste, or smell, or cause a health hazard. The usefulness of the natural resource is usually impaired by the presence of pollutants and contaminants.\n5. Harm to a natural environment, such as air, water, or soil through contamination with either natural or human-made materials. Such contamination may be deliberate, accidental, direct, or indirect. Throwing garbage into the lake, for example, makes the water unhealthy for fish and unfit for humans to swim. Indirect pollutants can enter our water supply from groundwater and runoff that contain agricultural fertilizers and pesticides or improperly disposed of industrial waste.\n6. Pollution which is (1) induced by natural processes, including precipitation, seepage, percolation, and runoff; (2) not traceable to any discrete or identifiable facility; and (3) controllable through the utilization of wise management practices.\n7. The undesirable presence of matter or energy that can cause harmful environmental effects.
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it depends on the properties of water extracted at that place,it could be any thing for obvious reasons.it depends on H+ ions..it depends on acidic property of soil, pollution, type of pollutio,wher that water is coming from like upstream properties.its hard to say.
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One of the difficulties that water plants have that land plants do not is gas exchange.  Plants need to be able to get air to their roots and aquatic plants usually do this through special tissues that lead to the air.