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The biggest danger that can come from watering plants with polluted water is that they can die because of several pollutants. Herbicides are substances that are completely lethal to plants. If herbicides are in water, watering plants with it can/will lead to death. Mud, or other debris from construction sites, that has been partially dissolved in water, can smother plants and then kill them. Too much salt (sodium chloride) in water can also lead to plant death. Watering plants with polluted water can also disrupt the process of photosynthesis within a plant. Photosynthesis is the method in which plants use carbon dioxide and water to produce glucose. Glucose is the way that plants get their energy. Polluted water can stop a plant from absorbing carbon dioxide effectively. It can also affect the amount of water available for use. If the pollutants in the water make it acidic, it can deprive the nutrients for the plant out of the soil; and this will leave the plant with little nourishment. Acidic polluted water can/will harm trees' bark, leaves and *root hairs* of many smaller plants. *root hairs*: helps plants absorb water from the environment. Acid rain can/will also prevent plants from absorbing water effectively. Acid rain also can/will deprive nutrients from the soil as well as destroy the bark and leaves from trees.
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What happens to polluted water?
In most cases, if plants, animals, or even humans drink or bathe in polluted water, there is a great possibility that they will get extremely sick and die quickly after being sick.
How is reducing the pollution in streams and groundwater linked to water conservation?
You can't drink polluted water and animal can't drink them either. You can't water plants either.
How does droughts affect the earth?
they affect the earth by not giving any water to the animals and plants!
Why is water so easily polluted?
Water is so easily polluted because of ground seepage. Water that is not needed in the ground will runoff into streams. If the ground has chemicals that would harm the stream or lake, the water is then polluted.
How did the thneed industry affect the physical environment?
it made the water all full of slime, the air polluted, and the soil all dead and full of plastic
How does polluted water affect dragonflies?
the pollution get in them
How does polluted water effect plants?
It Effects The earth?
Why do plants die in polluted water?
Because the pollutants poison them.
How polluted grounwater is harmful?
polluted water is harmful for animals and human beings who drink water from well.it is also harmfull for plants which are getting water from pollted groundwater.
What are polluted for spraying of DDT in crop plants?
air,soil and water only
How does air affect plants?
If the air is polluted , it could cause acid rain, which can eventually kill the plant.
Does plants affect air?
If the air is polluted , it could cause acid rain, which can eventually kill the plant.
How does humans affect the water?
Without rain, then our plants wouldn't grow as well, there would be droughts, and more people would die of thirst. It also recycles unused water, providing us with bee rain. While it can be refreshing, it can also be polluted water, and can make humans (and animals and plants) ill
Which describes a disruption in the water cycle that could affect photosynthesis?
Polluted water affects water cycle. It also affects photosynthesis.
How does the water cycle affect humans?
Without rain, then our plants wouldn't grow as well, there would be droughts, and more people would die of thirst. It also recycles unused water, providing us with bee rain. While it can be refreshing, it can also be polluted water, and can make humans (and animals and plants) ill
Are shrimp polluted?
well if the shrimp are cuaght in polluted water then they are polluted but if there are caught in fresh water then theyt are not polluted
What happens to plants with out plants?
if plants are polluted the die and carbon-dioxide will increase and if carbon dioxide increased the air will be polluted and it will be polluted and also plants will get poisonous and if any living thing ate this plants they will get very bad deceases causing to death
