Burning example sentences

Moreover, burning of these fuels is a major cause of air pollution.The smelting was done by men while women worked the bellows, pumping air that kept the charcoal burning.Carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosphere by respiration, burning of fossil fuels for energy, and by decomposition of limestone during the manufacture of cement.She enjoys watching her family members clearing, slashing and burning a patch of land for cultivation.A plot of land is cleared by felling the trees and burning them.Smoking is known to pollute the air around us, and the burning of plastic or metal articles has disastrous polluting effects on the environment.In fact, the percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is said to have doubled since the industrial revolution when human beings started burning fossil fuels on a very large scale.He concluded that a burning candle or an animal that breathe the air, both somehow, damage the air.Some countries now use alcohol as an additive in petrol since it is a cleaner fuel which gives rise to only carbon dioxide and water on burning in sufficient air (oxygen).Paheli thought it would be a better option to put them in a compost pit rather than burning.In some parts of the country, widows were praised if they chose death by burning themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands.Equation ( 2) is a skeletal chemical equation for the burning of magnesium in air.As you know, deforestation and burning of fossil fuel increases the CO2 level and disturb the balance in the atmosphere.You have already studied about the burning of fossil fuels in Chapter Other kinds of pollutants are chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) which are used in refrigerators, air conditioners and aerosol sprays.One day a few leaves of the twigs burning under the pot fell into the water giving it a delicious flavour.