1.5 Conservation & the Ganges

1.5 Conservation

Multiple Choice

What is conservation?

• protection of the environment

• making the environment unclean or contaminated

• a community of living things and their environment.

• a business that turns raw materials into finished projects

Multiple Choice

What is pollution?

• protection of the environment

• making the environment unclean or contaminated

• waste material that is carried away in sewers.

• a business that turns raw materials into finished projects

Multiple Choice

What is sewage?

• protection of the environment

• a community of living things and their environment.

• waste material that is carried away in sewers.

• a business that turns raw materials into finished projects

Multiple Choice

What is industry?

• a way to protect the environment

• a way to make the environment unclean or contaminated

• a waste material that is carried away in sewers.

• a businesses that turns raw materials into finished projects

Multiple Choice

What is an ecosystem?

• a community of living things and their environment.

• a way to make the environment unclean or contaminated

• a waste material that is carried away in sewers.

• a businesses that turns raw materials into finished projects

Open Ended

Why is the conservation of rivers in India an important issue?

Multiple Choice

How does the city of Varanasi reflect a major cause of pollution of the Ganges River?

• Its many factories pollute the river.

• It produces much more raw sewage than it can process.

• It has many wells that contain arsenic.

• Its citizens do not think it is important to keep the Ganges clean.

Multiple Choice

How does a growing population lead to pollution of the Ganges River?

• increased use of industrial chemicals

• more human waste to dispose of

• run-off from fertilizer and pesticides

• water leaking from poisoned wells

Multiple Choice

How does industry pollute the Ganges River?

• by releasing raw sewage

• by flushing chemicals

• by dumping trash

• by building dams

Open Ended

Why do scientists refer to parts of the Ganges River as "dead"?

Open Ended

What is conservation?

Open Ended

Why is it important to conserve the Ganges River?

Open Ended

What is a major cause of pollution of the Ganges River? (in cities like Varanasi).

Open Ended

How does a growing population lead to pollution of the Ganges River?

Open Ended

How does industry pollute the Ganges River?

Open Ended

Why do scientists refer to parts of the Ganges River as "dead"?

Brain Download

Open Ended

Write down everything you remember from today's lesson: "Causes and Effects of the Pollution of the Ganges."