WorksheetsPollution Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 19mins
What might be the BEST question to ask to determine the source of pollution in the river?
Where do the storm drains come from?
What kind of animals live in the river?
How many cars travel the road?
What does the factory make?
A student was collecting trash in the local park. He sorted and weighed the trash that he collected.
Which question could the student ask to determine which trash could cause harm or not harm the environment?
Which trash can break down over time?
Which trash is most used by humans?
Which trash will smell the worst?
Which trash weighs the most?
Krista is doing a research project to determine the effects of a new factory on the quality of the air in the city and the water in the surrounding lake. Below are a list of questions Krista has created to ask. Choose the TWO BEST questions Krista should ask.
Does the factory recycle?
How much smoke does the factory create?
How often does the factory get cleaned?
Where does the factory dump their waste water?
How many people work at the factory?
Heba is taking notes while doing research on the environment. Below are her notes.
List A
Litter from surrounding park
Factory wastewater Chemical runoff from fertilizer
List B
Blocks the sunlight so plants cannot grow
Makes the fish sick
Turtles get sick and die
What question could Herba ask to further understand the two lists she created?
What are different types of pollution that impact local environments?
What type of pollution will block sunlight for plants?
Does exhaust from vehicles cause pollution?
How do factories affect the environment?
Air pollution is a problem for plants and animals in Georgia. What question could a student ask to understand air pollution further?
Does littering cause damage to Georgia’s ecosystem?
Can exhaust from a vehicle cause complications for the ecosystem?
What will happen to the plants and animals in a lake if chemicals are dumped?
How does construction with building new neighborhoods affect plant and animal homes?
Use the image to answer the question.
What might be the BEST question to ask to determine the effect of pollution in the river?
Who is responsible for cleaning up all of the trash?
How long has the trash been building up in the river?
Are there any animals who have lost their lives after eating plastic?
Did this build up over time or is there a landfill nearby that is dumping plastic?
Cameron and his sister like to go fishing with their dad on the weekends. They fish at a lake that is downstream from a factory. One Saturday they went to the lake to go fishing and they found that the lake was full of dead fish and had a sign that said “NO SWIMMING.” Using your understanding of the impact of humans on the environment, which was the most likely cause for the dead fish and the “NO SWIMMING” sign at the lake?
Too many people fished at the lake, so the fish lost their source of food which caused the fish to die.
People threw a lot of trash into the lake, which made the fish die and the water unsafe for swimming.
Too many people were swimming in the water, which made the water too dirty for the fish to live in.
Pollution from the factory upstream caused the fish to die and made the water unsafe for swimming.
Victor has noticed that many of the roads in his town are covered with litter. Most of it is from fast food, including paper bags, and soda cups. What conclusion can Victor make about the impact the litter will have on the environment?
The trash won’t be re-used or recycled.
All the trash will make the town smell bad.
Animals may think it is food and try to eat the trash.
Wind may blow the trash in front of the cars, which could cause accidents.
Rebecca looked out the window one morning and took a picture of what she saw.
What could have cause this appearance and how could it impact animals and plants that live in the area.
There is a lot of air pollution that could be from transportation and local factories. Plants and animals may struggle to survive with complications with breathing.
There is a lot of air pollution that could be from chemicals spilled in the water. Plants and animals may struggle to survive with toxic chemicals.
There is some air pollution that is from vehicles in the city. Plants and animals will be fine because air pollution is common in cities.
There are a lot of vehicles in the city that create a smokey effect, but it is not pollution since you cannot physically touch it.
A person driving a car throws a plastic water bottle out of the window. Will this plastic bottle affect the environment? Which answer and its explanation is the best to explain what might happen?
It will affect the river because it will roll into the storm drain which leads to the rivers and streams. It will never break down or decompose.
It will not affect the environment because it will be washed away by the rain into the storm drain which leads underground.
It will affect only the land because it will stay on the road until someone cleans it up.
It will not affect the environment because the bottle will break down or decompose.
Bags of plastic trash are dumped into the ocean everyday. Which answer best explains the impact it can have on the environment?
It will float around until it lands on a beach and it will be cleaned up.
It will sink to the bottom of the ocean and it will not harm any living thing.
It will be eaten by fish and will get microparticles of plastic inside of them.
It will break down into the soil and sand and will not harm any living thing.
The teachers at a local school all committed towards carpooling by sharing vehicles to limit the amount of cars driven each day. Which of the following effects would BEST explain what would happen if more people carpool?
Acid rain that harms plants and animals could reduce.
The amount of rain could increase due to less pollution.
There will be less trash on the sides of the roads.
Lake waters will be cleaner without oil spills.
Elena noticed that her kitchen sink was dripping water all day and night. What is the BEST solution to solve this problem?
She could collect the water, test how clean it is, and make a plan to help clean the water.
She could collect the water, measure how much water is being wasted each day, and make a plan to conserve water.
She could fix the sink so it stops dripping water, which will help to conserve water.
She could collect the water and use it to water her plants so it isn’t wasted.
Brett kept track of the energy use in his home for a month. Use the table below to answer the following question about Brett’s energy use.
Select TWO ways that Brett could reduce the amount of energy his family uses each month.
Buy more clothes so they don’t have to do laundry as often.
Turn off the TV when they are not watching it.
Freeze all their food instead of using the refrigerator.
Air dry their clothing instead of using the dryer.
Sea turtles create nests and lay their eggs in the sand on beaches each year. Researchers have found that the nesting places on many of those beaches are being destroyed by people who are using the beaches to go swimming. What could the community do to protect the sea turtles?
The community should build barriers to protect the turtles while allowing visitors to go to the beach to swim.
The community should not do anything because the turtles will adapt to figure out how to survive.
The community should relocate the turtle nests and eggs so people can enjoy the beach
The community should shut down the beaches entirely.
Plastic pollution has become a big problem in the state of Georgia. What would be the best solution to protect the plants and animals from plastic pollution?
Burn the plastic instead of throwing it away.
Reduce the amount of plastic used and recycle it.
Bury the plastic so that it decomposes in the ground.
Dump the plastic in the ocean where it can’t harm anything.
Your class has just eaten lunch and has a huge bag of trash. What would be the best way to protect the animals and plants in our environment?
Put all of the trash into the dumpster so it will not harm the living things in the environment.
Sort the trash to recycle and compost so we can limit how much goes into the landfill.
Burn the trash because the smoke will disappear into the air.
Bury all of the trash so it can decompose into soil.
A fourth grade student took a survey to see how many families recycle at home. What tips can this student provide to families who do not recycle to help save local plants and animals.
Recycling will allow families to reduce the amount of trash that will build up and harm the environment.
All trash is buried and disappears into the soil over time, but recycling will speed up the process.
The only way to recycle is to sort plastic from all other materials.
Reusing materials causes more pollution.
