A Healthy Environment

Question 1

What is a healthy environment?

Answer 1

1. Clean Air
2. Clean Water
3. No Litter

• A healthy environment = a healthy life

Question 2

Name the types of pollution in the world today (4).

Answer 2

1. Air pollution
2. Water polluted with litter
3. Water polluted with industrial waste
4. Land pollution

Question 3

Why does polluted water lead to polluted food?

Answer 3

Farms MUST have clean water to grow food

If Poisons /Germs /Chemicals are in the water they affect:

• Crops
• Plants
• Animals

This affects humans through direct drinking of the water as well as the food chain

Question 4

How does nature keep our environment clean?

Answer 4

1. Plants clean the air by absorbing harmful gases
2. Plants produce oxygen
3. Water is purified during the water cycle
4. Tiny creatures break down waste material into food for plants : example earthworms, bacteria, fungi
5. Wetland reduce flooding by absorbing water after rains
6. Animals and insects pollinate plants
7. Roots of trees bind the soil and prevent erosion

Question 5

What can we do to keep our environment clean (5)?

Answer 5

1. Recycle materials
2. Use recycled products where possible
3. Save water
4. Prevent deforestation by using trees from managed farms
5. Compost our food waste rather than putting it in our bins
6. Save electricity