2006-09-15 00:38:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Pollution is the release of harmful environmental contaminants, or the substances so released. generally the process needs to result from human activity to be regarded as pollution. even relatively benign products of human activity are liable to be regarded as pollution, if they precipitate negative effects later on.
More general description
Contamination of air, soil, or water with harmful substances.
2006-09-15 00:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by temptations_irresistible1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An environment is a system that often supports life. Whether it is a desert or a rain forest, life forms will often find a way to survive there.
something that enters the environment that harms the circle of life in the environment can be described as pollution. When the ice melts in Antarctica, the fresh water that flows into the sea is a pollutant that harms the sea life and plankton that needs to live in salt water.
When people use the freshwater in an environment, and saltwater seeps into it, such as in Florida, then the salt water is a pollutant.
It all depends on what belongs and what is harmful to the ecosystem.
;-D give a hoot! Don't pollute!
2006-09-15 07:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by China Jon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pollution is a condition in an "body" where it is harmful for something else to share / use that same "body".
2006-09-15 08:00:53 · answer #3 · answered by Barbados Chick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋