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Water Pollution

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We can prevent water pollution by:

a)

Reduce the use of plastic.

b)

Properly dispose of chemicals.

c)

Clean up after your animals.

d)

All of the above

2.

There is nothing we can do to stop water pollution.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Name major source of water pollution

a)

Untreated sewage

b)

Thermal pollution

c)

Industrial effluents

d)

None of the Above

4.

Name any disease spread through drinking of contaminated water.

(a)  

5.

An example of a waterborne disease is:

a)

Cholera

b)

Giardia

c)

Typhoid

d)

All of the above.

6.

How can groundwater become polluted?

a)

People throwing trash on the ground.

b)

Oil spills in the ocean.

c)

Pollutants on the ground seeping through the soil.

d)

Atmospheric deposition.

7.

What can happen if fertilizer gets into streams or lakes when water runs off after it rains?

a)

Plants such as algae can grow out of control.

b)

Chemicals such a DDTs & PCBs can get into the fish.

c)

The water can get too warm.

8.

An ambitious plan to save the river called the Ganga Action Plan was launched in_____________.

a)

1982

b)

1879

c)

1985

d)

1876