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Sickness in Amazon Tribes

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Mercury in this article?

a)

A seasoing

b)

Air pollution

c)

A planet

d)

An element and a metal

2.

Mercury poisoning is...

a)

when you love the planet Mercury

b)

when you inhale too much mercury

c)

when the toxin is consumed

d)

when you eat raw squirrel

3.

A team of researchers found that amazon tribes were contracting mercury poisoning by...

a)

eating fish they caught

b)

eating bananas

c)

growing a certain type of tree

d)

smelling a certain type of herb

4.

What was a cause of fish being contaminated with mercury?

(a)  

5.

Recall why Mercury can be hazardous to humans and the food chain.

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6.

What was one surprising fact that researchers found when they moved farther down the river to test soil and water?

(a)  

7.

State one new fact you found out about Mercury Poisoning in humans.

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8.

There are solutions to mercury poisoning

a)

True

b)

False

9.

State a solution you remember to help stop mercury poisoning in amazon tribes.

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10.

Write a few sentences on how mercury in the food that amazon tribes eat may affect them?

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