Pollution in the USA

Pollution (Air Pollution)

S3L2.a

I can identify the effects of pollution on the plants and animals of Georgia.

*The are 3 kinds of pollution: air, water, and land.

Essential Questions

• What is the relationship between pollution and our environment?

• What effects does pollution have on plants and animals?

• What are the sources of pollution in our state?

Vocabulary Words

• Pollution

• Environment

• Air Pollution

Pollution

Pollution is material that causes harm to our environment.

Multiple Choice

True or False.

Pollution is material that causes harm to our environment.

• True

• False

Environment

Our surroundings and conditions in which we live.

Multiple Choice

True or False.

The surrounding and condition in which we live is known as our environment.

• True

• False

Air Pollution

Air pollution is smoke from cars and factories.

Multiple Choice

True of False.

Air pollution is smoke from cars and factories.

• True

• False

Watch the video on air pollution and what causes air pollution.

Be ready for questions after the video!

Multiple Select

Air pollution occurs when gases, smoke, dust, or odor get into the air and make it ________________.

• clean

• dirty

Multiple Choice

True or False

Air pollution is not harmful to humans, animals, and plants.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

How does air get polluted? Check all that apply.

• volcano eruptions

• dust storms

• wild fires

• smoke from factories, power plants, vehicles, chemicals, airplanes, fumes from spray cans, and methane gas from land fills

Multiple Choice

What happens when we burn fossil fuels?

• Nothing happens. Fossil fuels help to keep the air around us clean.

• A lot of gases are released into the air causing air pollution.

Multiple Select

What are some of the effects of air pollution on humans? Select all that apply.

• headache

• dizziness

• nasal irritation

• lung disease

Multiple Choice

True of False.

Air pollution does NOT cause damage to plants such as trees, vegetables, fruits, and flowers.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False.

Air pollution can cause animals to have breathing problems, skin infections, and other diseases

• True

• False

Multiple Select

What are some ways that you learned from the video that we can control air pollution?

• Take the bus.

• Ride our bikes or walk if we are traveling a short distance.

• Turn off the appliances if we are not using them.

Lesson Wrap Up

• Pollution is material that causes harm to our environment.

• Our environment is our surroundings and conditions in which we live.

• Air pollution is smoke from cars and factories.

• Air pollution is very harmful to animals, plants, and humans.

• We can control air pollution by taking the bus, riding our bikes, walking, and unplugging appliances when we are not using them.

Poll

Do you understand what air pollution is, the causes of air pollution, and how it affects the environment we live in?

• Yes, absolutely!

• Yes and no....I am getting there.

• No, I am completely lost and will need more help from my teacher.