Problem 1
What are the features that distinguish human pollution of the environment from that by other social organisms?
Problem 3
Consider the toilet that you most frequently use. Find out where your sewage goes and how it is treated. What pollution problems are you contributing to as a result of your sewage disposal?
Problem 4
Describe the causes of acid rain and the way in which it damages terrestrial and aquatic communities.
Problem 5
Hydroelectric schemes provide one of the least polluting ways of generating power. Nevertheless, they have a number of negative effects on natural systems. What are they?
Problem 6
Define the characteristics that make some pesticides particularly dangerous pollutants.
Problem 7
Describe the ways in which the use of metals by humans has created problems of environmental pollution.
Problem 8
Define the greenhouse effect and list the poliutants that contribute to it.
Problem 10
It is often argued that environmental pollution can be prevented only by "making the polluter pay'. Discuss the ways in which this is, or might be, done.
