Pollution & Destruction Posttest

a resource that cannot be restored

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• recycling

a resource that can be restored over time

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• recycle

the contamination of the air that results when human activities and occurrences in nature harmful gasses into the air

• air pollution

• oxegen pollution

• carbon dioxide poisoning

any harmful change that water goes through which affects living things

• water pollution

• acid rain

• poisoning

the process of turning used materials that would otherwise be thrown away into valuable resources

• reducing

• recycling

• reusing

________ are harmful solid particles or gases that are added to the air.

• Plantations

• Pollutants

• Permafrosts

________ is a yellow-brown haze that forms when emision gasses react with sunlight.

• Smog

• Fog

• Pollutants

Chemicals like________ can pollute the water.

• fertilizers

• pollutants

• reuse

To ________ is to decrease the amount of trash and waste produced.

• reduce

• reuse

• recycle

To ________ is to use the same items more than once to prevent the creation of waste.

• reduce

• reuse

• recycle