Terrestrial Pollution

How do landfills effect the environment?

• Landfills cause fish to be poisoned and die.
• Landfills support plant growth and healthy soil.
• Landfills cause smog in the air.
• Landfills cause chemicals from trash to absorb into the soil and harm plants.

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This picture shows people walking through a highly-polluted city in China. From what type of pollution are they protecting themselves based on what they are wearing?

• air pollution
• water pollution
• land pollution
• noise pollution

Where is pollution found on the earth?
 
 
  

• only in the air 
• only on the land 
• only in the water 
• on land, in the air, and in the water 

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Which is one reason that trash and litter can hurt wildlife?

   

• Wildlife are afraid of human garbage.
• Trash covers the scent of other animals they are hunting.
• Wildlife may try to eat plastics and choke on them.
• Trash and litter removes their camouflage.

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Which human action can cause pollution?

• Walking

• Biking

• Mining

• Recycling

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What is a major effect to the environment of combusting (burning) plastic?

• It releases toxic chemicals and fumes

• It is smelly

• It is an eyesore

• Animals step on and it is hot so it will damage their paws.

What is an effect of land pollution?

• no clean drinking water

• loss of habitat for animals

• diseases from breathing in poor quality air

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What is the largest cause of land pollution?

• Animal waste

• Plants decomposing

• Human actions

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Which of the following are causes of land pollution?

• Mining

• Increase in greenhouse gases

• Pesticides

• Landfills

• Human sewage

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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

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