Pollution and Conservation Review

Which item takes 450 years to biodegrade in a landfill?

• aluminum can

• newspaper

• glass

• plastic bottle

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which item never biodegrades in a landfill?

• aluminum can

• newspaper

• glass

• plastic bottle

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

The illegal dumping or littering of waste on to the land is called ___ pollution.

• air

• land

• water

Exhaust from vehicles is one of the largest forms of air pollution. What can communities do to reduce air pollution from vehicles?

• Fine people that own cars.

• Encourage people to walk or bike.

• Charge more money to buy a car.

____ of what we throw away into our landfills can actually be recycled.

• 70%

• 50%

• 20%

Which grade collected the most litter on Earth Day?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

_____ is any harmful material in the environment.

• global warming

• pollution

• conservation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

These are the three main types of pollution:

• land, water, air

• car, water, land

• air, gases, water

When it is hard to breathe, it could be caused by this type of pollution:

• air

• wind

• land

• water

When pollution in the air and land run into ponds, lakes, oceans and rivers, it causes this type of pollution:

• land

• water

• air

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5