Pollution

Pollution

Whitted's Science Class

Multiple Choice

What animal died from eating a plastic bag in the story?

• elephants

• pigs

• goats

• dogs

Multiple Choice

Which of the following items did Isatou Ceesay make from a plastic bag?

• cellphones

• shoes

• pillows

• purses

Sources of pollution

There are four main types of air pollution sources: mobile sources – such as cars, buses, planes, trucks, and trains. stationary sources – such as power plants, oil refineries, industrial facilities, and factories. area sources – such as agricultural areas, cities, and wood burning fireplaces.

More sources of air pollutions

Human air pollution is caused by things such as factories, power plants, cars, airplanes, chemicals, fumes from spray cans, and methane gas from landfills. One of the ways that humans cause the most air pollution is by burning fossil fuels. Fossil fuels include coal, oil, and natural gas. (ducksters.com)

Multiple Choice

What are the sources of pollution?

• methane gases

• factories

• chemical leaks

• cars

• All are sources of pollution

Effects of Pollution

• Global Warming

• Climate change

• Acid Rain

• Extinction of Animals

• Respiratory health problems

Multiple Choice

What are the effects of pollution

• clear blue skies

• Makes it hard to breathe

• green grass

• sun shining

Multiple Choice

How does the recycling of trash help marine animals?

• It increases the temperature of the ocean.

• It gives more ways for the animals to find shelter.

• It provides more food.

• It reduces water pollution

Items that can be recycle

• Paper

• magazines

• Cardboard

• Glass jars

• Plastic

• Aluminum

Multiple Choice

What items would you recycle?

• Aluminum foil

• an old sandwich

• dirty diapers

• an old radio

Read the passage about Brayden...

Brayden goes with his mom to the car wash. There is a pond next to the car wash. He notices that some of the dirty, soapy water from the car wash runs into a nearby pond. He sees that the pond has thick, green algae covering the top. There is a bad smell coming from the water, and there are no ducks or other animals around the pond.

Multiple Choice

Which question could be answered by Brayden's observations?

• What are the effects of air pollution?

• What are the effects of water pollution?

• What are the effects of land pollution?

• What are the effects of ocean pollution?

Multiple Choice

The picture shows litter in a pond habitat. How might litter affect the underwater plants in this habitat?

• The litter might give extra nutrients to the plants.

• The litter might protect the plants from being eaten.

• The litter might make space for extra plants to grow.

• The litter might block sunlight from reaching the plants.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would most likely cause a loss of clean drinking water?

• a potato chip bag that is thrown from a car onto the road

• a power plant with chemicals that seep into the ground

• a plastic soda bottle that is thrown into the ocean

• a cloth diaper that is dumped into a pile in a landfill

Emily is reading an article in science class about waste and pollution. She takes some notes as shown.

Waste from factories

litter

wastewater

chemicals

runoff from roads

Multiple Choice

What question could Emily use as the title of her notes?

• What are the effects of air pollution?

• What are the sources of air pollution?

• What are the effects of water pollution?

• What are the sources of water pollution?

Read the passage about a pond.

A boy liked to go to a pond every weekend. He enjoyed putting his toes into the clean water. He liked to sail his toy boats across the clear surface. He would look for tiny creatures living in the underwater plants. His favorite thing to do was go fishing. He always caught a lot of fish.

More and more people started coming to the pond. Soon after, the pond became filled with trash. It became so bad, that he could not even see the surface of the water because of the trash. The boy was very sad about his favorite pond.

The boy wants to know how his pond had been changed by the trash.

Multiple Choice

What questions would the boy ask?

• What is the temperature of the pond?

• What type of birds live near the pond?

• How many fish are living in the pond?

• What type of trees grow near the pond?

Multiple Choice

Georgia has many beautiful beaches along the coastline. The picture shows a beach with a lot of trash.

How does the trash affect ocean animals?

• Ocean animals can use the trash for food.

• Ocean animals can get caught in the trash.

• Ocean animals can make tools out of the trash.

• Ocean animals can use the trash to build homes.

Multiple Choice

Based on the video what do you think conserve means?

• To use a lot

• prevention of wasteful use of a resource.

• Use as much as you want

• don't use anything

Shower Power

Taking a shower uses much less water than filling up a bathtub. A shower only uses 10 to 25 gallons, while a bath takes up to 70 gallons! If you do take a bath, be sure to plug the drain right away and adjust the temperature as you fill the tub. To save even more water, keep your shower under five minutes long—try timing yourself with a clock next time you hop in!

Open Ended

Would a 10-minute shower or a 10-minute bath be better for the environment? Explain your answer.