Environmental Impact Questions

What happens when Glorianna and Aaron cut down too many trees (biosphere)?

• Nothing changes because trees grow back instantly.

• It makes the air cleaner and the land healthier.

• It adds more pollution to the air (atmosphere), changes rain patterns (hydrosphere), and makes the land weaker (geosphere).

• It only affects animals living in the forest.

Carlos and Natalia are studying how a volcano (geosphere) can affect the air, water, and living things. What do they learn?

• It only makes the ground shake, with no effect on air, water, or life.

• It sends smoke and gases into the air (atmosphere), ash can get into rivers and lakes (hydrosphere), and animals and people (biosphere) can have trouble breathing.

• It makes new mountains but does not change anything else.

• It only affects the area right around the volcano.

Mason and Isabella are studying how big storms like hurricanes (atmosphere) change the land, water, and living things. What do they learn?

• They only bring strong winds but don’t change the land or water.

• They move sand and soil (geosphere), flood rivers and lakes (hydrosphere), and make animals and people leave their homes (biosphere).

• They help the land stay dry and safe.

• They only affect the ocean and don’t touch land.

During a science project, Cali and Erik observed how water (hydrosphere) affects the land and living things. What did they find?

• The land can sink (geosphere), there is less water in the air for rain (atmosphere), and plants and animals (biosphere) may struggle to survive.

• It makes the ground stronger and helps plants grow.

• It only affects underground rivers but does not change the land.

• Nothing happens because the water always comes back quickly.

During a school project, Aaron and Kaiya were studying the effects of air pollution on the environment. What did they find out?

• It helps plants grow faster.

• It can make it hard to breathe (biosphere), mix with rain to damage water (hydrosphere), and settle onto the land (geosphere).

• It only affects cities, not nature.

• It makes the land healthier.

Elizabeth and Miguel noticed that the local lake was becoming overgrown with plants. What happens to lakes and rivers (hydrosphere) when there is too much farming nearby?

• Nothing happens because water cleans itself.

• Extra fertilizer can wash into the water, making plants grow too fast and harming fish (biosphere).

• It makes the water cleaner and fresher.

• It makes the land stronger.

How do earthquakes (geosphere) affect people and the environment?

• They shake the land, destroy buildings, change rivers (hydrosphere), and impact people and animals (biosphere).

• They only affect underground rock layers.

• They only happen in the ocean.

• They help build new forests.

Kaiya and Lucas are working on a school project about environmental science. They are exploring how climate change (atmosphere) affects oceans (hydrosphere). What do they find?

• It makes the ocean colder.

• It causes sea levels to rise and changes ocean currents.

• It has no effect on the water.

• It only affects land, not water.

During a summer camp, Maybeline and Erik noticed that the nearby lake had dried up and there was less rain. What happens to plants and animals (biosphere) in such a drought (hydrosphere)?

• They get more water.

• They can struggle to survive because lakes dry up and there is less rain.

• They grow faster.

• They are not affected.

Cali and Aaron are planning to build a new city. How does building cities (geosphere) affect nature?

• It removes plants and trees (biosphere), changes rivers (hydrosphere), and can cause more pollution (atmosphere).

• It makes the land stronger.

• It has no impact on the environment.

• It makes more animals live in the city.