Pollution · प्रदूषण

Smoke, sewage, plastic or horns — which kind of pollution is it?

Pollution games

Type	Causes	Effects	What we can do
🌫️ Air	Vehicles, factories, stubble and waste burning, crackers, dust	Asthma, cough, smog, acid rain, global warming	Public transport, CNG, no burning, plant trees
💧 Water	Sewage, factory waste, plastic, oil spills	Diseases (cholera, typhoid), fish die	Treat sewage, no waste in rivers, save water
🟫 Soil	Plastic, too many fertilisers and pesticides	Poor crops, poison in food	Compost, less plastic, organic farming
🔊 Noise	Horns, loudspeakers, machines	Headache, stress, hearing loss	No honking, low volume, silence zones

For Class 5 to 8 (NCERT pollution chapters) and school projects. AQI categories as used by India's Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

A one-page chart to stick on the wall, and a worksheet to practise.

Type	Causes	Effects	What we can do
🌫️ Air	Vehicles, factories, stubble and waste burning, crackers, dust	Asthma, cough, smog, acid rain, global warming	Public transport, CNG, no burning, plant trees
💧 Water	Sewage, factory waste, plastic, oil spills	Diseases (cholera, typhoid), fish die	Treat sewage, no waste in rivers, save water
🟫 Soil	Plastic, too many fertilisers and pesticides	Poor crops, poison in food	Compost, less plastic, organic farming
🔊 Noise	Horns, loudspeakers, machines	Headache, stress, hearing loss	No honking, low volume, silence zones

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Name: ____________________ Class: ______ Date: __________

1. Write two causes each of air and water pollution.

2. What is smog? ______________

3. AQI 250 means the air is ______.

4. Write three things you can do to reduce pollution.

5. Make a poster: ‘Say no to plastic’.

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