Activity Sheet 2 (Environmental Problems & Concerns)

1. What is pollution?

• A. Clean air and water
  
  
  

• B. Planting more trees

• C. Harmful things added to the environment

• D. Recycling old items

2. Which of these causes air pollution?

• A. Planting flowers
  
  
  

• B. Smoke from cars and factories

• C. Drinking clean water

• D. Throwing paper in a bin

3. What is one cause of water pollution?

• A. Fishing in rivers

• B. Trash and chemicals in water

• C. Watering plants
  

• D. Rainfall

4. What happens when too many trees are cut down?

• A. More animals are born

• B. Air becomes cleaner

• C. Animals lose their homes

• D. The weather gets colder

5. What is climate change?

• A. The Earth becoming cleaner

• B. The Earth getting hotter and weather changing

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  C. People planting trees

• D. Clouds moving in the sky

6. What is global warming?

• A. The Earth getting colder

• B. The Earth getting hotter

• C. The Earth staying the same

• D. People using less energy

7. What happens when there is too much trash?

• A. Animals are safe

• B. Land becomes healthy

• C. The environment becomes dirty

• D. Plants grow faster

8. What does “endangered animals” mean?

• A. Animals with lots of babies

• B. Animals that are very safe

• C. Animals that are disappearing

• D. Animals that live in water

9. Which of these is a way to help the environment?

• A. Throwing trash in rivers

• B. Using more plastic

• C. Planting trees

• D. Cutting down forests

10. What does “recycle” mean?

• A. Use something once and throw it away

• B. Use things again in a new way

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  C. Burn garbage

• D. Throw food outside