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WorksheetsPollution and Conservation Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Pollution occurs when people release, dump, leak, spill, or ___ the environment around us.
litter
preserve
save
The illegal dumping or littering of waste on to the land is called ___ pollution.
air
land
water
The release of smoke and harmful gases into the air is called ___ pollution.
air
land
water
The leaking or spilling of chemicals or raw sewage into a body of water is called ___ pollution.
air
land
water
Cameron and his brother decide to go fishing on the Flint River. When they get there, they notice hundreds of dead fish floating in the water. What should they do?
Take the fish home to eat.
Go swimming instead.
Notify the River Keeper.
Exhaust from vehicles is one of the largest forms of air pollution. What can communities do to reduce air pollution from vehicles?
Fine people that own cars.
Encourage people to walk or bike.
Charge more money to buy a car.
A tire factor has closed down leaving 50 old, rubber tires in the parking lot. What should the town do with the old tires?
Use them as mulch for the school playground.
Burn then in a big bonfire.
Throw then in the city landfill.
Every night at bedtime, Elana's mom reminds her to turn off her laptop and tablet. How is Elana's mom helping to prevent air pollution?
The devices will last longer.
It decreases emissions from the electrical plant.
It won't get hot and start a fire.
A thick, black, oily puddle has formed on the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. What MOST LIKELY caused the puddle?
oil spill
tar spill
paint spill
Your community is trying to create new laws to decrease the amount of littering. Which one of the following would be a good consequence for anyone caught littering?
Wear a sign that reads "Litterbug".
Community service picking up trash.
____ of what we throw away into our landfills can actually be recycled.
70%
50%
20%
Recycling was created to help protect our ___ resources from being depleted and used up.
captial
human
natural
This symbol is known as the ___ loop or the recycling loop.
Mobius
Conervation
Green
The 3 arrows on the recycling loop represent the 3 R's or ___, ___, and ___.
regulate, refine, reflect
reduce, reuse, recycle
refurbish, reassign, remember
Which example shows a consumer reducing?
Many only buys items that can be recycled.
Mandy only buys plastic bottles.
Mandy buys lots of small bottles instead of one big bottle.
Which example shows a consumer reusing?
Marquan throws away his old baseball glove.
Marquan leaves his old baseball glove at the park.
Marquan donates his old baseball glove to a Children's Home.
Which example shows a consumer recycling?
Phillip takes plastic water bottles to a recycling center.
Phillip makes a bowling game out of the plastic bottles.
Phillip throws the plastic bottles into the trash can.
Which item takes 450 years to biodegrade in a landfill?
aluminum can
newspaper
glass
plastic bottle
Which item never biodegrades in a landfill?
aluminum can
newspaper
glass
plastic bottle
Which grade collected the most litter on Earth Day?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
