WorksheetsLand pollution
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
How do landfills affect the environment?
Landfills cause fish to be poisoned and die.
Landfills support plant growth and healthy soil.
Landfills cause smog in the air.
Landfills cause chemicals from trash to absorb into the soil and harm plants.
Which human action can cause pollution?
Walking
Sleeping
Mining
Recycling
What is an effect of land pollution?
no clean drinking water
loss of land for human habitation
diseases from breathing in poor quality air
damage to the ear drums
What is the largest cause of land pollution?
Animal waste
Plants decomposing
Human actions
3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)
Which of the following causes land pollution?
Rainfall
Increase in greenhouse gases
Afforestation
Human sewage
Which gas is built up in organic rubbish?
Sulfur
Methane
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Which serious health problem could be caused due to long term exposure to contaminated soil?
skin diseases
cancer
respiratory problems
None of the above
How is rubbish dealt with in Pakistan? (Check all that apply)
it is dumped on open sites
Most of it is recycled
Some of it is burned
How does land pollution affect the crop yield?
It increases the crop yield
It decreases the crop yield
There is no effect on crop yield
Which of the following is a biodegradable waste?
food scraps
plastic
steel
Styrofoam
