Air and water pollution has caused a lot of dangers to living things worse, even death in some cases. The main reason for these two types of pollution is the improper disposal of waste materials. Do you know which country has the worst air pollution and why? Do you think you are so in touch with your environment in a way that you can answer the air and water pollution trivia questions quiz? Check it out!
Pesticide runoff from farm fields
Leaking toxic waste landfill
Sewage treatment plant
Factory waste piped into a stream
Shields Earth from harmful solar radiation
Provides the osxygen needed by human life
Protects Earth from the sun's heat
Removes pollution from the atmosphere
Deflect harmful radiation from space.
Increase precipitation in arid areas
Form clouds in the atmosphere
Maintain warmth near Earth's surface
Aggregate
Plastic
Nickel
Cardboard
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Use more fuels than conventional cars
Create less air pollution than conventional cars
Use solar panels for power
Are no longer produced.
Clean Water Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Clean Air Act
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.
A decrease in the amount of recycling
An increase in the use of compost
A decrease in the illegal and unsafe dumping of hazardous waste
A reduction of the use of fossil fuel resources.
Is a natural fertilizer
Contains pesticides that kill insects
Breaks rock down into additional soil
Adds artificial fertilizers that help plants grow
35%
68%
70%
True
False
50 million tons.
35 million tons.
15 million tons.
True
False
Corporations and Factories
Burning Wood
Cars
Harriman, TN
Stubenville, OH
Watertown MA
St Louis MO
National Institute of Earth, Health and Safety
National Institute of Environmental Heath Services
National Insurance,Equipment and High Schools
True
False
Carbon Monoxide
Suulfur Dioxide
Lead
Nitrous Dioxide
True
False
Acid rain
Smog
Non point source pollution