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Pollution

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the pollutants known to cause acid rain?

a)

nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide (sulfur compounds)

b)

Lemon Juice and Battery Acid

c)

Low pH and Acid

d)

carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide

2.

______ is an unwanted sound that is harmful to people and animals.

a)

Water Pollution

b)

Noise pollution

c)

Air pollution

d)

Land Pollution

3.

Animals in water can also be affected by Noise.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

none of the above

4.

What is air pollution?

a)

Any harmful substance that builds up in the air

b)

pollen, dust, gases

c)

chemicals in the water

d)

industrial pollution

5.

What is Pollution?

a)

Increase in Earths temperatures

b)

Decrease in oxygen in water

c)

Sudden growth in algae in a pond

d)

Harmful substance in environment

6.

What is an effect of land pollution?

a)

no clean drinking water

b)

diseases from breathing in poor quality air

c)

loss of habitat for animals

7.

Which is the most harmful form of land pollution?

a)

plastic

b)

branches and leaves

c)

paper

d)

food waste

8.

Pollution _________________________.

a)

is harmful materials put into the environment

b)

effects plants, animals, and people

c)

found in air, water, and land

d)

All of the above

9.

Who pollutes the ocean the most?

a)

Marine Animals

b)

Land Animals

c)

Humans

10.

When algae levels increase in a body of water, it

a)

cuts off light to plants at the bottom.

b)

causes dissolved Oxygen levels increase.

c)

increases light to the plants on the bottom.

d)

causes bacteria populations decrease.

11.

What cause land pollution?

a)

People throw too much rubbish in the sea.

b)

People reduce making rubbish.

c)

People throw too much rubbish everywhere.

d)

People reuse things.

12.

If we keep on causing water pollution, what will happen?

a)

We won’t have a quiet place to live in.

b)

We will have hearing problem.

c)

Sea animals will die.

13.

Air pollution is one of the main causes of __________ disease

a)

bone

b)

kidney

c)

respiratory

14.

Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Methane

c)

Water vapor

d)

Nitric oxides