2006-07-04 09:50:07 · 13 answers · asked by christine2550@sbcglobal.net 2 in Environment
A pollutant causes pollution, but even though something has some amount of a pollutant in it, I would not consider it "being polluted" until it has so much of a pollutant that people and/or animals can be harmed by it in some way and/or they can no longer use it at all.
2006-07-04 10:49:18 · answer #1 · answered by Ilovechristjesustheking 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It is more of a grammar question than a science question.
Pollute is a verb:
Sewage pollutes the water.
George polluted the air with smoke.
Sometimes, we used the past tense as an adjective, as in:
Shelled nuts.
frozen water.
Demolished bridge.
Polluted water.
This means water that has been polluted.
Pollutant is a noun and it is the bad thing added to make something impure.
Wood smoke is a pollutant in the air.
Common pollutants are industrial waste, greenhouse gases.
English is a difficult language because words that look the same have different meanings depending on where they are in the sentence and the words that surround them. Other languages change or "inflect"
the words somehow to show the meaning has changed. English does this, but only sometimes.
But you should always ask yourself," Does what I am reading make sense to me?" And if it doesn't you can go to a dictionary, or look at similar sentences.
2006-07-04 15:34:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pollutant has the potential to pollute things but has not necessarily done so yet. Being polluted is when a pollutant has been released into something, then that something is said to be polluted.
2006-07-04 10:14:48 · answer #3 · answered by songbird092962 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pollutants are substances which directly or indirectly damage humans or the environment.
Being polluted is to contaminate something. Like a person can be polluted on drugs, alchol...etc.. The water can become polluted if you dump oil into in.
2006-07-04 09:56:35 · answer #4 · answered by italliansweety67 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pollutant is a substance that causes an area to become polluted. Pollutant is the cause, and polluted is the effect.
2006-07-04 09:54:29 · answer #5 · answered by kaloptic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pollutant is a noun meaning "something that pollutes, especially a waste material that contaminates air, soil, or water."
polluted is a verb that means " 1) To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. See Synonyms at contaminate.
2)To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors: The stadium lights polluted the sky around the observatory.
3)To render impure or morally harmful; corrupt.
To make ceremonially impure; profane: "Churches and altars were polluted by atrocious murders" (Edward Gibbon). "
2006-07-04 11:06:46 · answer #6 · answered by polish_angel1000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A material/substance is a potential pollutant if it is introduced to an environment/process in certain quantities that results in undesirable changes.
Being polluted involves an 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 humans or other living organisms.
2006-07-04 12:39:11 · answer #7 · answered by Donald S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pollutant is something that will cause pollution or something to be dirty.. Polluted is after something is already had a pollutant in it and it's dirty or polluted.
2006-07-04 09:56:49 · answer #8 · answered by wishorstish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a pollutant is something that makes a substance polluted.
being polluted is having a polutant within.
2006-07-04 09:53:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a pollutant is something that can be harnful to the enviroment and being polluted is the past tense of polluting soit has already happened
2006-07-04 10:03:41 · answer #10 · answered by Michelle C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋