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Air pollution

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Air pollution is when unwanted chemicals, gasses, and particles enter the air and the atmosphere causing harm to animals and damaging the natural cycles of the Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What causes Air Pollution?

a)

Burning fossil fuels

b)

Land fill and garbage dumps

c)

Factories and Power plants

d)

All of the above

3.

What is acid rain?

(a)  

4.

Smog is what kind of pollution?

a)

garbage

b)

Water

c)

Air

d)

Land

5.

The clean air act gives the U.S the power to set air quality standards.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen monoxide combine with moisture in the atmosphere and form precipitation with a lower ph then normal rain water it forms

a)

Pollution in the air

b)

Acid rain

c)

Acid precipitation

d)

a and c

e)

b and c

7.

What are some causes of air pollution?

a)

Industries

b)

Automobiles

c)

Mist and smoke

d)

All of the above

8.

Which of the answers below is NOT considered a pollutant?

a)

chemicals in batteries

b)

Fertilizers

c)

Compost

d)

Trash

9.

Which of the following causes air pollution?

a)

Burning fossil fuels to drive cars

b)

Burning fossil fuels to make electricity

c)

Factories

d)

All of the above

10.

Air pollution means that...

a)

There are dangerous things like gas and smoke in the air.

b)

It's cloudy outside

c)

People need air to breathe

d)

People burn fossil fuels to drive cars

11.

Why do people burn fossil fuels?

a)

To make acid rain

b)

People do not burn fossil fuels

c)

To make electricity and to fuel cars and trucks

d)

To make more air pollution

12.

Which of the following is NOT a problem that air pollution can cause?

a)

Water pollution

b)

Asthma and bronchitis

c)

Problems with children growing

d)

Sore muscles

13.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of air pollution?

a)

Recycling

b)

factories

c)

Chemicals

d)

Fossil fuels

14.

What are fossil fuels?

a)

A product made in factories

b)

Natural energy sources like coal and oil

c)

Side effect of air pollution

d)

Part of the Earth's atmosphere

15.

What is the Earth's atmosphere?

a)

Air pollution

b)

Water Pollution

c)

A layer of air surrounding the Earth

d)

A type of fossil fuel