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Changes to the Environment

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What can be caused by heavy rains?

a)

drought

b)

flood

c)

Grand Canyon

2.

____________ is when moving water changes land by carrying rocks and soil to new places.

a)

flood

b)

drought

c)

erosion

d)

lightening

3.

Which is a way that people can help the environment during a drought?

a)

use very little water

b)

use a lot of water

c)

move to a safe, dry place

4.

How might weather cause a fire?

a)

People leave a campfire burning.

b)

Gas from a car catches fire.

c)

Lightning from a storm hits a tree.

5.

Which is NOT a form of pollution?

a)

trash

b)

floods

c)

oil spill

d)

litter

6.

Where Rudy lives, it has not rained for a very long time. Many plants and animals have died. What is this time called?

a)

blizzard

b)

drought

c)

flood

7.

What could smoke from this factory cause?

a)

litter

b)

air pollution

c)

water pollution

8.

What change takes the least amount of time?

a)

drought

b)

erosion

c)

flood

9.

Which causes air pollution?

a)

bicycles

b)

plants

c)

trucks

10.

Which of these is an effect of plant growth?

a)

more air pollution

b)

less erosion

c)

more floods

11.

Which is NOT true about pollution?

a)

Pollution harms the environment.

b)

A beaver dam is pollution.

c)

An oil spill is pollution.

12.

Waste that harms the air, water, or land is _____________.

a)

flood

b)

drought

c)

erosion

d)

pollution

e)

environment

13.

A ____________ happens when rivers and streams get too full.

a)

drought

b)

flood

c)

erosion

d)

environment

e)

pollution

14.

An ________ is all the living and nonliving things in a place.

a)

flood

b)

drought

c)

erosion

d)

environment

e)

pollution

15.

___________ happens when moving water carries away rocks and soil to new places.

a)

flood

b)

drought

c)

erosion

d)

environment

e)

pollution

16.

A ________ is a long time with less rain than usual.

a)

flood

b)

drought

c)

erosion

d)

environment

e)

pollution