Energy Conservation, Pollution and Resources

Which of the following causes pollution?

• driving cars and trucks

• spilling chemicals in rivers

• oil spills in oceans

• all of the above

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Which of these conserves resources?

• Keep radio on low volume all day

• Turn off the water when brushing teeth

Which of these does NOT conserve resources?

• Throwing out your bike and buy a new one each year.

• Taking short showers

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What does this symbol mean?

• Conservation

• Nature

• Renew

• Recycle

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Choose all choices that happen when people dump waste from homes or factories into lakes, oceans, or rivers?

• it helps plants to grow

• it kills animals and plants living there

• it causes water pollution

• it causes the water to be toxic

• it dries up the water

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People cause land pollution by __________.

• spilling water into the water

• recycling

• littering on the ground

• conserving energy

It is important to conserve water because ____________.

• it makes our yard look nice

• it is fun to swim

• it is nice to drink on a hot day

• we all need it to survive

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Choose all of the following that are ways to conserve water.

• leaving the shower on when it's not being used

• turning off the faucet when it's not being used

• fixing leaky sinks and faucets

• doing full loads of laundry

Choose all the ways you can reduce pollution.

• Carpool

• take the bus

• leave trash on the ground

• recycle

• throw trash out of a car window

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What are the 3 R's?

• rain, reduce, renew

• resource, review, recycle

• reduce, reuse, recycle

• reduce, reward, review