Effects of Pollution

What does the word pollution mean?

• something made up of all the living and non-living things in an area which interact with each other

• the surroundings and conditions where a person, plant or animal lives

• the presence or introduction to the environment of a substance that has harmful effects

Pollution is

• harmful materials put into the environment

• effects plants, animals, and people

• found in air, water, and land

• All of the above

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To reduce pollution in the environment, people should ______________ materials.

• recycle

• throw away

• pollute

• clean

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Which of the following gases is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• water vapor

• carbon dioxide

• carbon monoxide

• methane

The greenhouse effect comes from

• all heat being released by the earth going back into space

• some of heat being released by the earth being trapped in the air

• some of the heat heat being released by the earth going back into space

• all of heat being released by the earth being trapped in the air

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The Earth's atmosphere acts like a greenhouse that traps heat from the sun.

• True

• False

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Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

• warm

• dead

• cold

The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ________________.

• Greenhouse effect

• Global warming

• Carbon dioxide gases

• Methane

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How can global warming cause sea levels to rise? Choose the best answer.

• by causing it to rain more often

• by increasing the number of undersea volcanic eruptions

• by melting glaciers and ice caps

• by creating bigger and more powerful hurricanes

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Global warming and the greenhouse effect are exactly the same.

• True

• False

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