Download App

Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Issues — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Issues5 Marks
Question
Why is solid waste management facing endless problems?
✓

Answer

  1. Disposal of solid wastes is huge problem and personnel looking after this are overburdened.
  2. Open burning causes obnoxious gases which lead to air pollution.
  3. Open dumps serve as breeding grounds for rats and flies causing contamination of the environment.
  4. Epidemics of infectious diseases can spread if waste is kept unattended.
  5. Method of landfills is also inadequate. Such sites in large metros are getting filled. From such landfills, dangerous chemicals also seep and pollute underwater ground resources.
  6. Plastic and other synthetic items in the solid waste cause further problems in decomposition and hence they damage the ecosystem.

Need a full question paper?

Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.

Start Generating Free

Explore more

More "Answer the following questions in detail." from Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Issues→Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Issues — all question types→BIOLOGY STD 12 Science question papers→Maharashtra Board STD 12 Science question papers→Maharashtra Board question paper generator→

Similar questions

Reproductive and Child Healthcare (RCH) programmes are currently in operation. One of the major tasks of these programmes is to create awareness amongst people about the wide range of reproduction related aspects. As this is important and essential for building a reproductively healthy society.
  1. 'Providing sex education in schools is one of the way to meet this goal'. Give four points in support of your opinion regarding this statement.
  2. List any two 'indicators' that indicate a reproductively healthy society.
→
Explain transmission of nerve impulse across a synapse. $OR$ Explain how is impulse transmitted through a synapse?
→
What are the major features of embryonic development at various months of pregnancy?
→
Explain modern Synthetic Theory of Evolution in brief.
→
Hydrophily.
→
Pond as a small ecosystem.
→
A child suffering from thalassemia is born to a normal couple. But the mother is being blamed by the family for delivering a sick baby.
  1. What is thalassemia?
  2. How would you counsel the family not to blame the mother for delivering a child suffering from this disease? Explain.
  3. List the values your counselling can propagate in the families.
→
Distinguish between
Compare X-chromosome and Y-chromosome.
→
Gene expression can be controlled with the help of RNA. Explain the method with an example.
→
Do all the gametes formed from a parent organism have the same genetic composition (identical DNA copies of the parental genome)? Analyse the situation with the background of gametogenesis and provide or give suitable explanation.
→