Environment

The damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals is called

• soil degradation.

• acid rain.

• biodiversity loss.

• pollution.

What environmental problem does this picture show?

• Ozone layer depletion

• Overpopulation

• Global warming

• Deforestation

Which of these is not a natural disaster?

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What do we call the thinning of the ozone layer that protects the earth from the harmful UV radiation?

• Air pollution

• Ozone layer depletion

• Shortage of natural resources

• Acid rain

What cause air pollution ?

• Factories produce too much waste water and oil.

• Factories produce too much smoke.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

What cause land pollution?

• People throw too much rubbish in the sea.

• People throw too much rubbish everywhere.

• People reduce making rubbish.

• People reuse things.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

What cause water pollution?

• People dump things in the countryside.

• Factories produce too much waste water and oil.

• Factories produce good products.

• Factories produce too much smoke.

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CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
• Eating too much vegetables
• Going to a forest and pulling weeds
• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

Which of these is one cause of deforestation?

• Urbanization
• Buying a chirstmas tree during the holidays
• Overbreeding birds in the wild
• Cutting down the tree in your backyard

What are the effects of deforestation ?

• loss of habitat
• increased green house gasses 
• soil erosion and flooding
• all of the above