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Question Paper Code: E3106

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2010 Fourth Semester Biomedical Engineering

GE2021 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

(Common to B.E./B.Tech. Third Semester Computer Science and Engineering, Civil Engineering and Information Technology) (Regulation 2008) Time: Three hours Answer ALL Questions Maximum: 100 Marks

PART A (10 2 = 20 Marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. What are the three effects of deforestation?

Suggest three damages caused by the use of fertilizer. Name various ecosystems.

Suggest three important features of forest ecosystem. Suggest four important sources of air pollution. Give two effects of noise pollution on human being. What is acid rain? Explain. Give two effects of global warming.

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Give any two schemes of human health program initiated by Indian Government on effects of population growth. What are the advantages of family welfare program?

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PART B (5 16 = 80 Marks) 11. (a) Explain the various renewable energy sources in the earth. Or (b) Discuss the following : (i) (ii) Land Resources. Land degradation.

(iii) Soil Erosion and desertification. 12. (a)

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Explain the structure and function of Ecosystem with a neat sketch. Or

(b) 13. (a)

Explain the values of Biodiversity. Discuss the method of solid waste management by sanitary land filling and thermal means.

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Explain various disaster management measures during Cyclone, floods, earthquake and landsides. What is global warming? Explain the measures to prevent it. Also explain the effects of global warming.

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(b) 15. (a)

Explain the effects of nuclear accidents with two case studies. Explain in detail Government. various health schemes Indian

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Explain the role of Information Technology on Environment protection and Human Health Protection.

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