Pollution 1
What are the three types of pollution?
Air Pollution, Water Pollution, and Solid Waste Pollution
What is the most common disposal of solid waste in the US?
Landfills are the most common disposal.
Henry's father works in a noisy factory. What can or will happen if he doesn't use the correct ear protecting while working?
He can damage his hearing and become deaf.
Every Sunday afternoon Michael's father plays very loud music on his speaker system. What type of pollution is he causing ?
Noise pollution
Pistol shrimps rely on a chemical cue from gobies that warns them that predators are around. This is an example of what type of symbiosis?
mutualism
Air pollution that hangs over cities and reduces visibility.
Smog
A boat has a leaky tank which causes oil to pollute the ocean. Give an effect of this type of pollution?
Fishes and other marine life will die.
Mark's neighbour burns his garbage in the back yard every Saturday afternoon. What form of pollution is he causing?
Air pollution
Which of the following is a solution to global warming?
A. Utilization of renewable energy
B. Use of more fossil fuels
C. Increase slash-and-burn agriculture.
D. Increased production of gas and diesel-powered vehicles.
A. Utilization of renewable energy
The Tongue-eating louse eats the tongue of its host and becomes the host's new tongue siphoning nutrients from the host. This an example of what type of symbiosis?
Parasitism
What is a major polluter of air, water, and land?
Industry is a major polluter of air, water, and land.
Daniel's neighbour up the river uses chemical fertilizers when he does his farming. When the rain falls the fertilizer is washed into the river. What will happen if Daniel plays in the river water or even drinks it?
He will become sick
Apart from what we have already covered give one way you think human beings contribute to Water pollution.
sewage, bath water, throwing chemicals down the drain
Apart from what we have already covered, how do you think noise pollution impacts us negatively.
Headaches and high blood pressure. As constant loud noise affects the body and mind negatively resulting in negative physical responses by the body.
The egg of a tapeworm finds its way inside of a dog. The tapeworm grows inside the dog's intestine and absorbs the nutrients that the dog is supposed to get. Who benefits?
Tapeworm
What effect do greenhouse gas emissions have?
A. Raises chlorophyll production within plants.
B. Used for growing crops.
C. Cools the air.
D. Traps heat therefore raising global temperatures.
D. Traps heat therefore raising global temperatures.
It is not safe to eat fishes that live in a river where a factory has its runoff. True of False?
True
Which of the following cause noise pollution?
a. loud music
b. factories
c. littering
d. fertilizers
A and B
Deforestation is the process by which people cut down trees. This practice can affect the environment negatively. How do you think this will contribute to or worsen the problem of air pollution.
Trees absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen which human beings and other animals need to survive. When trees are cut down there is less oxygen being produced and less carbon dioxide being removed from the atmosphere for us to breathe in
This colorful underwater creature provides homes for fish in exchange for getting cleaned.
What is coral?
Which of the following gases involved in global climate change is increasing in the atmosphere at the fastest rate?
A. Water
B. Methane
C. Chlorofluorocarbons
D. Carbon dioxide
D. Carbon dioxide
Gavin goes to the river and and bathes. When returns home his eyes are red and they are constantly itching. What may have caused this .
The water might have been polluted.
When people drive cars, they burn fossil fuels. This produces a gas called Carbon monoxide. Which type of pollution does this cause?
Air Pollution
What is climate change?
A. Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
B. The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives
C. The natural world, or in a particular geographical area.
D. All of the above
A. Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
A relationship between two species in a community.
Symbiosis