POLLUTION PROBLEMS

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IF A SUBSTANCE IS BIODEGRADABLE THE SUBSTANCE CAN BE DECOMPOSED BY ___________ ACTION

BACTERIAL

THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF INVISIBLE SMOG IS ____________

CARBON MONOXIDE

NEW PRODUCTS PROBLEMS

DISPOSABLE THROW A WAYS

TECHNOLOGY HAS PROVIDED METHODS TO RECYCLE ALL PRODUCTS?

FALSE

AIRBORNE PARTICLES

LUNG DISEASE

THE 3 GENERAL GUIDELINES TO CONTROL POLLUTION ARE

MANAGEMENT PREVENTION CURE

RAW MATERIALS PROBLEMS

USING THEM RAPIDLY

SULFUR OXIDES

ACID RAIN

MOST DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS

ARE A SOURCE OF LONG TERM POLLUTION

OF THE SOLUTIONS TO SOME FORMS OF POLLUTION LISTED BELOW ALL ARE RECOMMENDED EXCEPT RECYCLING CAR POOLING PLANTING TREES BURNING TRASH

BURNING TRASH

CARBON MONOXIDE

DIZZINESS

WHICH ITEMS ARE SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION OR WATER POLLUTANTS?

FERTILIZER OIL SPILLS SEAFOOD CONTAMINATION MINING INDUSTRIES SEWAGE LUMBER INDUSTRIES PLASTICS WASTE CHEMICALS DUMPED

WHICH ITEMS ARE SOURCES OF SOIL POLLUTION OR SOIL POLLUTANTS?

FERTILIZER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MINING INDUSTRIES SEWAGE LUMBER INDUSTRIES PLASTICS WASTE CHEMICALS DUMPED

NEARLY ALL OF THE SOLID WASTE PRODUCED BY AGRICULTURE

IS BIODEGRADABLE

WHICH INDUSTRY PRODUCES THE LARGEST QUANTITY OF SOLID WASTES?

MINING

HYDROCARBONS

SLOW PLANT GROWTH AND CAUSES ABNORMAL LEAVES

ECOSYSTEM PROBLEMS

SLOW TO REPAIR

THE SUBSTANCES FOUND IN SMOG

SOOT AND OTHER PARTICLES CARBON MONOXIDE OZONE NITROGEN OXIDES

LAND AND LIVING THINGS HAVE BEEN SPOILED EXPLOITED AND DESTROYED BY GREED?

TRUE

THE TERM SMOG MAY INVOLVE A VARIETY OF POLLUTANTS?

TRUE

HOW CAN WRITING A LETTER TO INDUSTRY OR GOVERNMENT HELP A LOCAL POLLUTION PROBLEM?

YOU MAY SUGGEST A SOLUTION PUBLIC CONCERN QUICKENS RESPONSE BRINGS AWARENESS OF PROBLEMS TO APPROPRIATE AGENCIES

MERCURY

DETERIORATES NERVOUS SYTEM

OZONE

DISCOMFORT TO THE EYES NOSE AND THROAT

GREEN PLANTS DYING OUT

ECOSYSTEM BREAKDOWN

ALL THE RESOURCES OF SOLID WASTE SHOWN IN THE PIE GRAPH ARE BIODEGRADABLE?

FALSE

IF WE IGNORE POLLUTION IT WILL GO AWAY?

FALSE

POLLUTION CAUSED BY PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS IS LIMITED TO AREAS CLOSE TO THE SOURCE (FARMS)?

FALSE

POLLUTION CAUSED BY PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IS ESSENTIALLY LIMITED TO MAJOR OIL SPILLS?

FALSE

POLLUTION IS A PROBLEM ONLY FOR THE RICH PEOPLE OF THE WORLD?

FALSE

RECYCLING IS A PREVENTION METHOD FOR SOLVING POLLUTION PROBLEMS?

FALSE

SUCCESSFUL RECYCLING

NEWSPAPERS GLASS ALUMINUM

WHICH ITEMS ARE SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION OR ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS?

OZONE SMOG CARBON MONOXIDE MINING INDUSTRIES FUEL BURNING POWER PLANTS PAN LUMBER INDUSTRIES

REDUCING INDIVIDUAL PURCHASES OF DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS WOULD BE A FORM OF

PREVENTION OF POLLUTION

RECYCLING PROBLEMS

SOME PLASTICS AND METALS

ECOLOGISTS TELL US THE REASON THAT ANSWERS TO POLLUTION PROBLEMS MUST BE FOUND SOON IS THAT POLLUTION IS GETTING WORSE FASTER THAN PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED?

TRUE


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