Question 2 1 pts Which of the following is a stock pollutant

Question 2 1 pts Which of the following is a stock pollutant? O DDT O CFC noise smog both a and b both b and d

Solution

B) CFC

amongst all the provided options, only CFC is a stock pollutant. Stock pollutants are the substances to which the environment has low absorptive capacity. They increases the level of pollution by each and every increasing unit of their use.  

Q3. DDT has long term impact on the lives of living beings and causes health related problems to them such as, diarrhea, irritation etc. Also, when exposed to water it takes, more than 70 years to decompose.

CFC have a long life span and may and is destroyin the ozone layer in the stratosphere.

Noise is a flow pollutant and has only immediate effect but no long term impact.

Smog may cause long term respiratory disorder amongst living beings.

Q5. Other three types of capitals are,

1)Human capital - skills, knowledge and other assets of an individual which creates economic value for an individual and for people associated with him.

2) financial capital - assets measured in terms of money value which are required by a company to provide goods and services.

3) manufactured capital. - they refer to material goods and infrastructure owned or controlled by an organization, which indirectly contributes in production of some good or service, example, tools.

Q10 ecological economists tries to expand economiy through earth\'s natural systems, human values and human health and well-being, rather than being relied on technology. Hence, are are called technology pessimist .