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fun activities on pollution

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Look at the photo. This is an example of _____ pollution.

a)

water

b)

air

c)

land

2.

Exhaust fumes released from cars, trucks, and buses are an example of ________ pollution.

a)

water

b)

land

c)

air

3.

The leaking or spilling of chemicals or raw sewage into a body of water is ________ pollution.

a)

air

b)

water

c)

land

4.

The release of smoke and harmful gases into the air is called _________ pollution.

a)

air

b)

water

c)

land

5.

The illegal dumping or littering of waste onto the land is called __________ pollution.

a)

air

b)

land

c)

water

6.

Most incidents of pollution are deliberately caused by______.

a)

humans

b)

machines

c)

animals

7.

Pollution occurs when people release, dump, leak, spill, or ______________ the environment around us.

a)

litter

b)

preserve

c)

save

8.

_____________________ is the contamination of air, land, and water.

a)

Conservation

b)

Ecology

c)

Pollution

9.

What is one way to reduce the amount of energy you use at home?

a)

Buy more clothes instead of washing dirty ones

b)

Turn off the TV when not watching

c)

Put your food in the freezer instead of the refrigerator

d)

Use the air conditioner more often

10.
Factories can send pollutants into the air
a)
True
b)
False
11.

What solution do you consider for air improvement?

a)

Recycle

b)

Don't throw trash on the streets

c)

Using renewable energy

12.

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

a)

Smoke from factories

b)

Exhaust from cars and trucks

c)

Forest fires

d)

Difficulty breathing

13.

Where is pollution found on the earth?

a)

Only in the air

b)

Only on the land

c)

Only in the water

d)

On land, in the air, and in the water

14.

What cause land pollution?

a)

People throw too much rubbish in the sea.

b)

People throw too much rubbish everywhere.

c)

People reduce making rubbish.

d)

People reuse things.

15.

How can we conserve oil?

a)

Ride a bike instead of driving a car.

b)

Take shorter showers.

c)

Recycle paper.

d)

Refill your water bottle.

16.

How can we conserve water?

a)

Ride a bike instead of driving a car.

b)

Take shorter showers.

c)

Recycle paper.

d)

Take your own bags to the grocery store instead of getting new plastic bags.

17.

How can we conserve trees?

a)

Ride a bike instead of driving a car.

b)

Take shorter showers.

c)

Recycle paper.

d)

Take your own bags to the grocery store instead of getting new plastic bags.

18.
Which pollution is caused by burning of fossil fuels such as cars and airplanes?
a)
Air
b)
Noise
c)
Land
19.
Oil spillage in water is what type of pollution?
a)
Land Pollution
b)
Water Pollution
c)
Noise Pollution
20.

True/False: Land pollution happens because of human events

a)

True

b)

False

21.
What creates pollution?
a)
water
b)
sunlight
c)
human activities
22.

What type of pollution is this?

a)

Visual

b)

Air

c)

Noise

d)

Water

23.

What type of pollution is this?

a)

Visual

b)

Air

c)

Noise

d)

Water

24.

Cleaning up and proper waste disposal are logical solutions for land pollution.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Soil Contamination is the only effect of land pollution that matters.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Agricultural Resources, Mining Resources, Industrial Resources and Solid Waste are all causes of land pollution.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Is the proper disposal of waste considered a solution to reducing water pollution? Explain your answer.

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28.

Which of the following choices is not an effect of water pollution?

a)

Death of Marine Life

b)

Landfill Takeover

c)

Disruption of Food Chain

d)

Contaminated Drinking Water

29.

What are possible solutions for air pollution?

a)

Use Renewable Fuel and Clean Energy

b)

Conserve Energy

c)

Use Eco-friendly Transportation

d)

All of these options are possible solutions for air pollution.

30.

Which of the following are causes of water pollution?

a)

Liter dropped in towns, cities, beaches, and sewage drains.

b)

Poorly managed industrial waste discharges, fishing gear, and landfills.

c)

Both of these choices.

d)

Neither of these choices.

31.

Based on the choices below, which is a cause of air pollution?

a)

Poorly managed industrial waste discharges, fishing gear, and landfills.

b)

Solid Waste

c)

Natural: Lightning, Volcanoes, Wildfires, and Forests

32.

The destruction of land surfaces due to waste, chemicals, and other substances provided by humans is (a)   .

33.

Chemicals and substances are inserted into water making it harmful is (a)   .

34.

Harmful Gases and tiny particles released into the air is (a)   .

35.

What is Pollution?

a)

an unhealthy diet

b)

global warming

c)

lands, people and plants

d)

harmful substance introduced to the environment