10 Questions
What are some examples of pollutants that can negatively affect living organisms and the environment?
Pesticides, fertilizers, poisonous chemicals, oil spills, gases, soot, smoke, ash, and particulates from burning vegetation.
How do pollutants from soil affect aquatic animals?
Pollutants from soil, such as pesticides and fertilizers, can wash away into rivers and kill many fishes, birds, and other animals.
What are some sources of water pollution?
Factories that dump poisonous chemicals into bodies of water, oil spills released by ships, tankers, and pipelines.
What causes air pollution?
Gases or particulates, including soot, smoke, and ash from coal combustion, dust released during industrial processes, and other particulates from burning vegetation.
What is global warming and what causes it?
Global warming is the increase in Earth's average temperature due to an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases trap heat, causing Earth to be "hotter or warmer" than usual.
Pollutants introduced to the environment can cause ______ and negatively affect every living thing.
pollution
Pollutants from soil can come from pesticides and fertilizers used on farms, which can wash away into rivers and kill many ______, birds, and other animals.
fishes
Pollutants from water can come from factories that dump poisonous chemicals into bodies of water or oil spills released by ships, tankers, and pipelines that can remain dangerous for aquatic living things for a long ______.
time
Air pollution can be caused by gases or particulates, including soot, smoke, and ash from coal combustion, dust released during industrial processes, and other particulates from burning ______.
vegetation
Greenhouse gases trap heat, causing Earth to be ______ than usual.
hotter or warmer
Test your knowledge on environmental pollutants and their impact on living organisms. This quiz will cover topics such as the sources of pollutants, their effects on wildlife, and the consequences of pollution on ecosystems. Challenge yourself and learn more about the changes affecting the environment and living organisms.
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