Pollution Awareness

What is pollution?

• Pollution is a fictional concept with no real impact.

• Pollution is the act of cleaning the environment.

• Pollution is a type of renewable energy source.

• Pollution is the presence of harmful substances or pollutants in the environment.

Name one way to take care of the environment.

• Refuse, repurpose, and return

• Recycle, repurpose, and reuse

• Reduce, reuse, and recycle

• Reduce, refuse, and repurpose

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How can we reduce air pollution?

• Encouraging more car usage

• Increasing coal production

• Supporting industries with high pollution levels

• Implementing carpooling, public transportation, walking, biking, reducing energy consumption, using energy-efficient appliances, planting trees, and supporting clean energy initiatives.

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Why is it important to protect our environment?

• Protecting the environment is crucial for sustaining life, preserving resources, maintaining balance, and securing a healthy future.

• Protecting the environment is a waste of time

• Destroying the environment benefits society

• The environment can take care of itself

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What are the effects of water pollution?

• The effects of water pollution include harming aquatic life, contaminating drinking water sources, disrupting ecosystems, and impacting human health.

• Boosting water quality

• Promoting environmental sustainability

• Increasing biodiversity

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How can we save energy at home?

• Leaving all lights on 24/7

• Using outdated, energy-consuming appliances

• Implement energy-saving habits and use energy-efficient appliances.

• Running the air conditioner and heater simultaneously

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What is recycling and why is it important?

• Recycling is important because it helps conserve natural resources, reduce pollution, save energy, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions.

• Recycling actually harms the environment

• Recycling has no impact on the environment

• Recycling is a waste of time and resources

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Name one renewable source of energy.

• Geothermal energy

• Hydropower

• Solar energy

• Wind energy

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What can we do to reduce plastic pollution?

• Use plastic items excessively, litter plastic waste, support unlimited plastic production

• Promote single-use plastics, avoid clean-up activities, oppose policies limiting plastic use

• Use reusable items, recycle properly, avoid single-use plastics, participate in clean-up activities, support policies limiting plastic production and use.

• Increase plastic production, discard plastic waste in nature, ignore recycling programs

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Why should we plant more trees?

• To combat climate change and its associated benefits.

• To reduce biodiversity

• To harm the environment

• To increase air pollution

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