Conserving and Preserving the Environment

What does extinct mean?

• total termination of a kind of organism

• establishment of a kind of organism

• population of a kind of organism is less than 10

• population of a kind of organism is more than 10

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What does endangered mean?

• gone forever

• find a new home

• very few of its kind left

• breakdown of dead plants

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The burning of fuels in houses, factories, and vehicles adds smoke and poisonous substances to the environment, causing ____.

• Air pollution

• Water Pollution

• Land Pollution

• Noise Pollution

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Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the air is believed to cause ___.

• Global warming

• Water Pollution

• Recycling

• Non-biodegradable waste

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___ is waste that does not rot or decompose.

• Biodegradable

• Non-biodegradable

• Hazardous

• Residual

Waste from our homes and factories are dumped into rivers, lakes, and seas, causing ____.

• Air Pollution

• Water Pollution

• Land Pollution

• Noise Pollution

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The Government should do things to reduce _________ emissions

• greenhouse gas

• waste

• smokes

To __________ is to make the air, water, or soil dirty or unclean

• preserve

• protect

• pollute

• damage

____________ is the removal or cutting down of all trees in an area for urban use

• global warming

• polar ice melting

• green house effect

• deforestation

To ________ is to keep and protect something from damage, change or waste

• damage

• preserve

• pollute

• destroy