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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Algae Blooms
c)
Oil Spills
d)
Animal Waste
2.
What type of water pollution is produced from chemicals used to kill bugs and weeds?
a)
Sewage
b)
Animal Waste
c)
Pesticides and Herbicides
d)
Factories
3.
How can you help prevent water pollution?
a)
Don't use weed killer in the yard.
b)
Scrape Plates clean
c)
Don't put grease in the kitchen drain.
d)
All of the Above
4.
Around how much of the Earth's water is fresh water?
a)
1%
b)
5%
c)
10%
d)
15%
5.
Around how much trash does the average person in the United States produce each day?
a)
2 ounces
b)
2 pounds
c)
4 1/2 pounds
d)
100 pounds
6.
Around what percentage of trash in the United States is recycled?
a)
5%
b)
10%
c)
33%
d)
20%
7.
What greenhouse gas with the chemical formula CO2 is released by the burning of fossil fuels?
a)
Sulfur Dioxide
b)
Carbon Dioxide
c)
Carbon Monoxide
d)
Sulfur Monoxide
8.
What is the biggest single cause of air pollution?
a)
Factories
b)
Air Conditioning
c)
Transport such as cars
d)
Forest Fires
9.
What do we call the actual gas or substance that causes air pollution?
a)
Fossil Fuels
b)
Carbon Dioxide
c)
Acid Rain
d)
Pollutant
10.
What effect of air pollution is caused when sulfur dioxide gets high into the atmosphere?
a)
Global Warming
b)
Damage to the Ozone Layer
c)
Acid Rain
d)
All of the Above
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