Pollution Quiz

I am sitting in traffic and see exhaust coming from the cars around me. What type of pollution am I seeing?

• Air pollution

• water pollution

• land pollution

• noise pollution

An airplane flies over my house every night. What type of pollution is it causing?

• air pollution

• water pollution

• land pollution

• noise pollution

A farmer put pesticides on their garden. The pesticides leaked into the soil. What kind of pollution is it?

• Air pollution

• Water pollution

• Land pollution

• Noise pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

My neighbor blasts his radio late at night. I asked him two times to turn it off, but he would not. What kind of pollution is he causing?

• Air pollution

• Water pollution

• Land pollution

• Noise pollution

A factory was burning a lot of harmful material. The smoke from the factory came out of the tall smoke stacks and into the atmosphere. What kind of pollution resulted?

• Air pollution

• Water pollution

• Land pollution

• Noise pollution

My mother’s car is leaking oil. She parked her car on my street and oil leaked onto the concrete. Last night it rained heavily and washed the oil into the storm drain. What kind of pollution resulted?

• Air pollution

• Water pollution

• Land pollution

• Noise pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

I am in the car on the way home from school and see trash fly out the window of the car in front of me. There is now trash on the sidewalk in front of my school. This is an example of what type of pollution?

• Air pollution

• Water pollution

• Land pollution

• Noise pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

To save, protect, or use something wisely without wasting it.

• Pollution

• Conservation

• Littering

A resource that cannot be reused or replaced easily. Examples: oil, coal, or natural gas

• Nonrenewable resource

• Renewable resource

• Natural resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

An unwanted, loud sound that disturbs the environment. Examples: helicopters, airplanes, lawnmowers.

• Water pollution

• Land pollution

• Noise pollution

• Air pollution