Pollution

Oh no! Ms. Diaz doesn't recycle. What tip can you give her to convince her to recycle?

• Recycling will allow families to reduce the amount of trash that will build up and harm the environment.

• All trash is buried and disappears into the soil over time, but recycling will speed up the process.

• The only way to recycle is to sort plastic from all other materials.

• Reusing materials causes more pollution.

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You go on a picnic with your family and now have a bag of trash. What would be the best thing to do with this trash if you want to protect the animals and plants in the environment?

• Put all of the trash into the dumpster so it will not harm the living things in the environment.

• Sort the trash to recycle and compost so you can limit how much goes into the landfill.

• Bury all of the trash so it can decompose into soil.

• Burn the trash because the smoke will disappear into the air.

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What should we do with plastic pollution?

• burn it

• bury it

• reduce the amount we use and recycle it

• dump it in the ocean

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How can you reduce the amount of energy you use?

• get your meals from a restaurant so you don't have to heat up the oven at your house

• Freeze your food instead of using the refrigerator

• turn off the TV when you are not watching it.

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How can you reduce the amount of energy you use?

• Air dry your clothes instead of using the dryer

• use an electric lawn mower instead of a gas mower

• Use a crock pot instead of the oven

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Your faucet is dripping water. What should you do?

The teachers at a local school all committed towards carpooling by sharing vehicles to limit the amount of cars driven each day. Which of the following effects would BEST explain what would happen if more people carpool?

• Acid rain that harms plants and animals could reduce.

• The amount of rain could increase due to less pollution.

• There will be less trash on the sides of the roads.

Bags of plastic trash are dumped into the ocean everyday. Which answer best explains the impact it can have on the environment?

• It will float around until it lands on a beach and it will be cleaned up.

• It will sink to the bottom of the ocean and it will not harm any living thing.

• It will be eaten by fish and will get microparticles of plastic inside of them.

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A person driving a car throws a plastic water bottle out of the window. Will this plastic bottle affect the environment? Which answer and its explanation is the best to explain what might happen?

• It will not affect the environment because it will be washed away by the rain into the storm drain which leads underground.

• It will not affect the environment because the bottle will break down or decompose.

• It will affect the river because it will roll into the storm drain which leads to the rivers and streams. It will never break down or decompose.

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You notice a river is polluted. What would be a good question to ask to determine the source of the pollution?

• What kind of animals live in the river?

• Are there plants in the river?

• Where do the storm drains come from?