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WorksheetsTypes of Pollution: NMS
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What pollution causes hearing loss?
a)
Noise
b)
Water
c)
Air
2.
Oil spillage in water is what type of pollution?
a)
Land Pollution
b)
Water Pollution
c)
Noise Pollution
3.
Airplanes and barking dogs are what type of pollution?
a)
Noise pollution
b)
Air pollution
c)
Land pollution
4.
What all of the following are effect of noise pollution except
a)
Hearing loss
b)
Sleep disruption
c)
Bad smell
5.
Sky glow is caused by what type of pollution?
a)
Light pollution
b)
Noise pollution
c)
Land pollution
6.
What pollution is cause by dogs barking?
a)
Noise
b)
Air
c)
Land
7.
What are the 3 types of air pollution?
a)
Smoke from factories, burning of fossil fuels, and household and farming chemicals
b)
Airplanes, loss of hearing, and dogs barking
8.
Which pollution is caused by burning of fossil fuels such as cars and airplanes?
a)
Air
b)
Noise
c)
Land
9.
What causes the death of aquatic animals?
a)
Water Pollution
b)
Air Pollution
c)
Land Pollution
10.
Which of these is a major cause of acid rain?
a)
spraying pesticides on crops
b)
. burning fossil fuels for energy
c)
dumping sewage in river systems
d)
using uranium to generate electricity
11.
Which one of these is not a direct result of acid rain?
a)
damage to monuments
b)
. dying fish
c)
spread of disease
d)
weakened trees
12.
The word transboundary means
a)
spreads to other countries
b)
different types of pollution
c)
radiation
d)
across country boundaries
13.
The map below best illustrates which of the following problems?
a)
water pollution
b)
transboundary pollution
c)
toxic-chemical pollution
d)
general pollution
14.
the release of harmful substances into the environment as the result of an accident, such as an oil tanker spilling oil into the sea
a)
accidental pollution
b)
general pollution
c)
acid rain
d)
river system
15.
What creates pollution?
a)
water
b)
sunlight
c)
human activities
16.
What are the two chemicals that are given off when lignite burns?
a)
argon, methane
b)
nitrogen oxide, cynanide
c)
sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide
d)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
17.
True or False: About 100,000 cubic meters of water laced with cyanide spilled into Tisza-Danube. This is enough toxic waste to fill about 30 Olympic-size swimming pools.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Pollutants that are released into the air are called:
a)
emission
b)
leachates
c)
sewage
d)
sediment
19.
Precipitation that can break down rock and metal because of air pollution is called ____________________.
a)
leachate
b)
acid rain
c)
CFC's
d)
emissions
20.
Which of the following make up most of our landfills?
a)
banana peels
b)
paper
c)
non-biodegradables
d)
biodegradables
21.
Which of the following is a natural source of pollution?
a)
forest fire caused by burning campfire
b)
factory smoke
c)
leaking sewerage tanks into a river
d)
volcanic eruptions
22.
Which of the following can reduce the affects of global warming?
a)
burning more fossil fuels
b)
building more factories
c)
using renewable energy sources
d)
using up all our nonrenewable energy
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