Environmental Problems

Coal is a renewable resource.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Pollution can harm the environment but not humans.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If an average American throws away 12 kg of trash a week, how much trash would a family of 5 throw away each week?

• 7 kg

• 17 kg

• 60 kg

• 624 kg

Some pollutants are produced by natural events.

• True

• False

Pollutants may harm plants.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Pollutants do not harm animals.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Waste that can catch fire, corrode, or eat through metal; explode; or make people sick is known as ....

• landfill

• hazardous waste

• biodiversity

• all of these

Most trash goes to a .....

• trash can

• landfill

• ocean

• trash store

Paper mills produce hazardous waste.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Oil refineries do not produce hazardous waste.

• True

• False