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WorksheetsSocial Science unit 6 - the environment
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In what type of pollution do toxic gasses enter the atmosphere and affect life on the planet?
Ground pollution.
Noise pollution.
Air pollution.
How can we contribute to the conservation and preservation of the environment?
Using aerosols.
Using fertilizers and pesticides.
Preventing tree logging.
What do we call the alteration or modification of the climate as a consequence of human activity?
Evolutionary change.
Environmental change.
Climate change.
Which of the following is not evidence of climate change?
The increase in the birth rate.
The disappearance of amphibians.
The melting of the ice at the Poles.
What is the name of the natural phenomenon that maintains the planet's temperature by trapping energy from the Sun known as?
Greenhouse effect.
Butterfly effect.
Environmental effect.
Which of these statements is false?
In the last years sea levels have increased.
There have been changes in the behaviour of some animal and plant species.
There has been an increase in extreme weather conditions.
There are more species of animals and plants now than a hundred years ago.
Choose the things that we can do to protect natural resources and living things (it can apply to more than one answer).
Use less water and stop polluting it.
Create natural reserves.
Expel chemical products from factories.
Burn wood, coal and other natural resources.
Which of these activities produce greenhouse gases that pollute the air?
Using wind energy.
Using solar energy.
Burning fossil fuels.
Which of these sentences is true?
The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon caused by gases in the atmosphere.
Many human activities emit gases that decrease the greenhouse effect.
Without greenhouse gases, the Earth would be too hot for us to live on.
How much has the temperature increased in the last hundred years?
5ºC
0,5ºC
10ºC
