WorksheetsPollution Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 27mins
A disturbance of silent environment with harsh loud noises.
thermal pollution
air pollution
sound pollution
light pollution
Which human action can cause pollution?
Walking
Biking
Mining
Recycling
What is an effect of land pollution?
no clean drinking water
loss of habitat for animals
diseases from breathing in poor quality air
What is the largest cause of land pollution?
Animal waste
Plants decomposing
Human actions
Which of the following are causes of land pollution?
Mining
Increase in greenhouse gases
Pesticides
Landfills
Human sewage
The CAUSES of desertification are:
drought
overgrazing
human environment interaction such as deforestation
all of the above
True or False: Desertification is a natural process.
True
False
A chemical sprayed to kill insects or bugs.
aquifer
fetilizer
herbicide
pesticide
A rapid growth of algae could lead to:
A reduction of oxygen levels in the water.
Water that can support more life.
Waters that are devoid of life.
An increase in oxygen levels.
How does plastic end up reaching and entering the ocean from land?
Littering in towns and cities
Dumpsites near waterways and oceans
People littering on beaches
All of the above
What is a toxin?
Illness
allergy
poisonous or harmful substance
Which is a health effect of water pollution?
asthma
diabetes
skin diseases
Lead in the water from batteries, alloys, and petrol can get into the body and can be toxic to the brain.
True
False
How can lead get into the water to pollute it?
factories
acid rains
reforestation
The leaking or spilling of chemicals or raw sewage into a body of water is ________ pollution.
air
water
land
Exhaust from vehicles is one of the largest forms of air pollution. What can communities do to reduce air pollution from vehicles?
Fine people that own cars.
Encourage people to walk, ride a bike, or carpool.
Charge more money to buy a car.
How much time does it take for a plastic bottle to decompose?
around 450 years
around 50 years
around 200 years
around 5 years
Why is plastic dangerous for animals?
They can be trapped in plastic things.
They can choke with small plastic pieces and die.
They can eat plastic which fills their stomaches and they die of starvation because they don't feel hungry.
Plastic is not so dangerous for animals.
Why recycling can't win with plastic pollution?
Because recycling is wrong
Because people produce too much plastic to recycle it all.
Because not every plastic can be recycled.
Because not many people recycle rubbish.
How can we help to reduce plastic pollution?
We should use paper/cloth bags.
We should use less plastic.
We should refill our drinking bottles not buy new ones.
We should avoid plastic or styrofoam containers.
All answers are correct.
There are plastic trash islands floating on oceans.
True
False
Most of the plastic rubbish is collected and recycled.
No, 90% of trash is put in landfills or thrown into oceans.
Yes, that's why we should recycle.
It does not take long for plastic to decay.
True
False
It may take decades, even centuries, for plastic to breakdown in the ocean.
True
False
Microplastic is _____.
large in size
small in size
very huge in size
very tiny in size
As plastic travels through the ocean _____.
it does not change in size
it carries living organisms from one part of the world to another
it poisons fish that eat it
it eventually poisons humans who eat the fish
If you ate the same amount of plastic as many seabirds, _____.
you would be just fine
you would have about 13 pounds of plastic in your stomach
you would be able to digest the plastic
Plastic contains toxins. Fish eat the plastic. You eat the fish.
You become more toxic.
Your body is too big to be harmed by the toxins.
