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7 Types of Pollution

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Glare is a type of this pollution.
a)
Light
b)
Air
c)
Noise
2.
What pollution causes problems for wildlife like sea turtles?
a)
Land
b)
Light
c)
Water
3.
What pollution is cause by dogs barking?
a)
Noise
b)
Air
c)
Land
4.
What pollution causes hearing loss?
a)
Noise
b)
Water
c)
Air
5.
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
6.
Which pollution is caused by social event?
a)
Noise
b)
Water
c)
Air
7.
What causes the death of aquatic animals?
a)
Water Pollution
b)
Air Pollution
c)
Land Pollution
8.
Which pollution is caused by burning of fossil fuels such as cars and airplanes?
a)
Air
b)
Noise
c)
Land
9.
What all of the following are effect of noise pollution except
a)
Hearing loss
b)
Sleep disruption
c)
Bad smell
10.
Wastes produced by agriculture, households, industry, mining, and other human activities can end up in ______________.
a)
groundwater
b)
streams and rivers
c)
oceans
d)
All of these choices
11.
TRUE or FALSE. Many people on Earth do not have accces to clean water.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
12.
What can happen to fish when there is not enough oxygen in the water?
a)
They can suffocate
b)
They can't float 
c)
They can't see.
d)
Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.
13.
What is a renewable resource?
 
 
 
 
a)
 one that can be replaced quickly 
b)
one that is man-made
c)
one that comes from the sun 
d)
one that will never run out 
14.
Sources include plastics, carpets, cleaning fluids, radon, and asbestos
a)
Light pollution
b)
Noise pollution
c)
Indoor air pollution
d)
Sick building syndrome
15.

How much water is available for us to drink?

a)

3%

b)

100%

c)

50%

d)

1%

16.

What protects water in the USA so that it is drinkable?

a)

Clean Air Act

b)

Clean Water Act

c)

EPA

d)

USDA

17.

Cell phones give off radiation pollution

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What do you call a disease that comes from bad water?

a)

Waterborne

b)

Virus

c)

Flu

d)

The plague

19.

What eats your dead skin and causes indoor air pollution?

a)

Scented candles

b)

Carpet

c)

Cats

d)

Dust mites