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Pollution Study Guide
Vocabulary
1. natural resource- a material found in nature that is used by living things; ex. water, fish, cows, air, cotton, trees, salt, soil, oil
2. renewable resource- resource that can be replaced during a human lifetime; ex. animals, plants, solar energy, water, wind
3. non-renewable resource- resource that cannot be replaced in a human lifetime; ex. natural gas, soil, metals, oil, coal
4. recycle- to reuse a resource by breaking it down and making a new product
5. reduce- to use less of a resource
6. reuse- to use a resource again and again
7. conservation- saving resources by using them wisely
8. pollution- any harmful material in the environment
Resources: Give two examples for each type of resource.
1. Renewable resource: trees, plants, animals, sun,
2. Reusable resource: air, water, solar energy
3. Nonrenewable resource: oil, soil, coal, iron, copper, natural gas, metals
Pollution: Name the four types of pollution. Give two examples of each. *I provided definitions as well to help your child study!
1. Land pollution: the ruining of the Earth's surface by misuse of the soil by bad farming practices, mineral use, business waste dumping, and disposal of urban wastes. Examples of land pollution include soil pollution and improper waste disposal (littering), and landfills.
2. Air pollution: harmful substances gathered in the atmosphere that endanger human health or produce other bad effects on living matter and other materials. Examples include tobacco smoke, smoke from forest fires, volcanoes, exhaust from cars and factories, and acid rain.
3. Water pollution: the dumping or run off of pollutants into fresh or ocean waters that makes the quality of the water and affects the things living in it. Examples include sewage, dumping from factories, mining and agricultural wastes, and oil spills all pollute the water.
4. Noise pollution: unwanted sounds that are carried by the air, have an annoying and harmful effect on humans and other animals. Examples include noisy vehicles, loud music, leaf blowers, lawn mowers, power drills, construction, voices, people, yelling, animals, factories, generators, stores, etc.
Be able to choose a type of pollution and explain how you could fix the problem.
Ways to control or reduce pollution: - make sure you understand can explain how these things can help to get full credit on the test.
- All: writing to your legislatures and encouraging stronger anti-pollution laws
- Air: Making more places smokefree zones
- Air: Control over the kinds of fuel used in cars, airplanes
- Air: carpool, take mass transit, walk or ride your bike
- Air: turn off lights when you leave a room
- Air: don’t smoke (it’s awful for you anyway!)
- Water: not dumping things into water
- Water: don’t dump toxic things down the drain
- Water: don’t throw litter into streams
- Land: anti-litter campaigns
- Land: organic waste can be dumped in places far from residential areas
- Land: recycling things
- Land: buying recycled products, reusing things, donating things
Plus, there are MANY other ways!
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