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WorksheetsPollution
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Oh no! Ms. Diaz doesn't recycle. What tip can you give her to convince her to recycle?
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.
You go on a picnic with your family and now have a bag of trash. What would be the best thing to do with this trash if you want to protect the animals and plants in the 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 you can limit how much goes into the landfill.
Bury all of the trash so it can decompose into soil.
Burn the trash because the smoke will disappear into the air.
What should we do with plastic pollution?
burn it
bury it
reduce the amount we use and recycle it
dump it in the ocean
How can you reduce the amount of energy you use?
get your meals from a restaurant so you don't have to heat up the oven at your house
Freeze your food instead of using the refrigerator
turn off the TV when you are not watching it.
How can you reduce the amount of energy you use?
Air dry your clothes instead of using the dryer
use an electric lawn mower instead of a gas mower
Use a crock pot instead of the oven
Your faucet is dripping water. What should you do?
(a)
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.
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.
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 not affect the environment because it will be washed away by the rain into the storm drain which leads underground.
It will not affect the environment because the bottle will break down or decompose.
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.
You notice a river is polluted. What would be a good question to ask to determine the source of the pollution?
What kind of animals live in the river?
Are there plants in the river?
Where do the storm drains come from?
A volunteer is picking up trash in the park. She collects food waste, paper trash, plastic bottles, sticks, and leaves. Which question could the student ask to determine which trash could cause harm or not harm the environment?
Which trash will break down?
Which trash is used by humans?
Which trash smells the worst?
Which trash weighs the most?
A new factory is being built near a lake in a city. What questions should be asked to determine if the factory will effect the surrounding environment? Choose 2!
Does the factory recycle?
How much smoke does the factory create?
Where does the factory dump their waste water?
How many people work at the factory?
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?
You notice a lake has a "No Swimming" sign and you see lots of dead fish. What could be a reason for the sign and dead fish?
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.
Your little sister throws her soda cup out the window. What could you tell your sister to make her understand that her litter effects 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.
