SOCIAL STUDIES-POLLUTION: FEB 13

Land pollution is the destruction of the ______________.

• oceans and seas

• earth's surface or soil

• rivers and ponds

How can land become polluted?

• by not throwing away or disposing of household garbage

• by keeping it free of waste materials

• by not disposing of industrial or factory waste properly

• by not dumping chemicals in the water

What is an example of a "Direct Human activity" that pollutes the land?

• caring for animals

• planting trees

• littering the ground, drains and rivers

What is an example of an "Indirect Human activity" that pollutes the land.

• using higly poisonous fertilizers and pesticides to spray plants

• using non chemicals to spray plants

• using water, sunlight and manure to grow plants

Pollution is the process of making the land, water, air and other parts of the environment ___.

The four types of pollution are: Land pollution, Air pollution, Water pollution and ____.

Which two ways can land be polluted?

• by cleaning the pollutants from water bodies

• by littering

• by using harmful chemicals to spray plants

• by clearing the dumps of pollutants

Waterpollution is the contamination of _______________.

Some water bodies are: ________________.

• caves, mountains and trails

• roads, hills and valleys

• rivers, ponds, seas and underground water

A pollutant is _____________.

• a substance that dirties or pollutes the environment

• a substance that cleans the environment

• a substance that feeds off of the environment