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Pollution and Conservation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
_____ is a resource that can be replaced quickly.
a)
natural resource
b)
nonrenewable resource
c)
renewable resource
2.
____ is a resource that, when it is used up, will not exist again during a human lifetime.
a)
natural resource
b)
renewable resource
c)
nonrenewable resource
3.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a renewable resource?
a)
water
b)
trees
c)
sun
d)
gasoline
4.
_____ is any harmful material in the environment.
a)
global warming
b)
pollution
c)
conservation
5.
When pollution in the air and land run into ponds, lakes, oceans and rivers, it causes this type of pollution:
a)
land
b)
water
c)
air
6.

Which of the following affects how freshwater is used?

a)

Age

b)

Population size

c)

Education

d)

GPA

7.

What is water used for in agriculture?

a)

As a pesticide

b)

Cleans crops

c)

Water parks

d)

Irrigation

8.

We can prevent water pollution by:

a)

Reduce the use of plastic.

b)

Properly dispose of chemicals.

c)

Clean up after your animals.

d)

All of the above

9.

There is nothing we can do to stop water pollution.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What are the main sources of water pollution?

a)

Plastic, Paper, and Metal

b)

Snails in water

c)

Help, there is a boot with a snake inside of it that somehow in the nearby lake.

d)

Agriculture, Industry, and Community

11.

Which of the following causes pollution?

a)

driving cars and trucks

b)

spilling chemicals in rivers

c)

oil spills in oceans

d)

all of the above

12.

Choose all the ways you can reduce pollution.

a)

Carpool

b)

take the bus

c)

leave trash on the ground

d)

recycle

e)

throw trash out of a car window

13.

What are the 3 R's?

a)

rain, reduce, renew

b)

resource, review, recycle

c)

reduce, reuse, recycle

d)

reduce, reward, review

14.

Smoke given off by a car is an example of _____________.

a)

recycling

b)

water pollution

c)

fog

d)

air pollution

15.

Building a factory where a swamp once was is a way of protecting natural resources.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

What is the main source of water pollution in the river?

a)

sprinklers

b)

storm drains

c)

land pollution

d)

fire hydrants

17.
This is an example of reusing:
a)
refilling a water bottle instead of taking another one
b)
picking up trash off the ground
c)
riding a bike instead of driving a car
18.

The illegal dumping or littering of waste on to the land is called ___ pollution.

a)

air

b)

land

c)

water

19.

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?

a)

Take the fish home to eat.

b)

Go swimming instead.

c)

Notify the River Keeper.

20.

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?

a)

Wear a sign that reads "Litterbug".

b)

Community service picking up trash.