The graph below shows different sources of air pollutants in the UK from 1990 to 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words. (20 mins.)
The line graph illustrates four sources of
air
pollutants
: transport, industry, households, and total air
pollutants
. The data were collected between 1990 and 2005 in the United Kingdom. Units are expressed in million
tonnes
.
Overall
, the sources of air
pollutants
decreased, except for transport. The biggest source was industry and the least meaningful were households.
More specifically, total air
pollution was over six million
tonnes
in 1990. In the following years, the emissions had a rapid decrease until 1999, remained stable until 2002 and dropped again in 2005 with just under 4 million
tonnes
.
Moreover
, industries put out just under 6 million
tonnes
of air
pollutants
in 1990. Then
, the number had a steady fall until 1996 and continued dropping until 2005, with 2 million
tonnes
.
Furthermore
, households started with approximately one million
tonnes
and dropped to almost zero.
Besides
, the emissions from transport remained stable in the given periodSubmitted by chi63hi
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Basic structure: Use less body paragraphs.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words air, pollutants, million, tonnes with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "stable" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "just under" was used 2 times.
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