WorksheetsOcean Pollution
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following statements is true?
Humans do not throw trash into the oceans.
Humans have thrown trash into the oceans for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
Humans started throwing trash in the ocean only a few years ago.
Trash in the oceans is not harmful to plants, animals, or people.
Why is nonpoint-source pollution difficult to trace?
It is easily identified.
It comes from one specific source.
It is less harmful than other kinds of pollution.
It comes from many sources rather than one.
How can people reduce nonpoint-source pollution?
use boats only in the ocean
dispose of used motor oil properly
use more lawn fertilizer
use more pesticides
Which of the following statements is true about point-source pollution?
It comes from unidentified sources.
It comes from a specific source.
It is harmful only to plants.
It is not a problem today.
What harmful trash was washing up on beaches in the 1980s?
vials of blood and needles
seaweed
mussel shells
old newspapers
Why is plastic trash harmful to marine animals?
Plastic trash breaks down too quickly.
Animals get tangled in plastic trash and can strangle.
Plastic trash is salty.
Plastic trash floats and blocks sunlight.
What is sludge?
bacteria
a sewer drain
the solid part of waste
liquid and solid waste
What can happen if oil shipments are not handled properly?
The price of oil will go down.
The oil will spill into the ship that carries it.
Airplanes will have to transport oil.
The oil can spill into the ocean.
Which of the following is an effect of an oil spill?
Many plants and animals die.
The fishing industry improves.
Plant life increases.
The oil cleans the beaches.
How are oil tankers being built to prevent oil spills?
They have rubber hulls.
They have two hulls.
They go much faster.
They have reef bumpers.
In 1989, sixty-four countries signed a treaty that banned ______________________ of certain metals, plastics, and radioactive wastes.
ocean dumping
disposal
recycling
sludge
People around the world have demanded that their governments do more to solve the growing problem of _____________________________________.
harmful materials
ocean pollution
exercising on beachs
fishing without a license
One of the largest beach clean-up programs in the United States is the semiannual __________________________ program.
Reduce Reuse Recycle
Habitat for Humanity
Adopt-a-Highway
Adopt-a Beach
Volunteer organizations clean up tons of trash and teach people about the ___________________ of ocean dumping.
sludge
climates
hazards
resources
In 1972, Congress passed the __________________________________.
Emancipation Proclamaion
Obamacare Act
Clean Water Act
Declaration of Independence
The U.S. Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act prohibits the ocean dumping of __________________________.
harmful materials
leftover food
small fishies
extra sand
