Healthy environments

Question 1

What is pollution?

Answer 1

Whatever spoils or dirties the air, water or land.

Question 2

What is industrial waste?

Answer 2

Chemicals left over when products are manufactured

Question 3

What is cholera?

Answer 3

A disease that causes diarrhea and vomiting

Question 4

What is air pollution?

Answer 4

Smoke and chemicals in the air

Question 5

What is an illegal dumping site?

Answer 5

A place where you are not allowed to throw rubbish away yet people do

Question 6

Describe the dangers of unhealthy environments on people’s health.

Answer 6

1. Dirty water
   Drinking or washing in dirty water can give you diarrhea or even cholera, which you can die from
2. Dirty air
   smoke and chemicals in the air (air pollution) can give you a cough or sore chest. Can cause disease in your lungs
3. Illegal dumping sites
   When people throw rubbish in the streets or in open spaces, poisons and germs spread into the soil and water. That can spread disease and make sick

Question 7

What can you do to help environments healthy?

Answer 7

• pick up rubbish and put it in the bin
• recycle and reuse
• make compost from fruit and vegetable peals
• Plant more flowers/plants/trees because they keep the site clean
• don’t litter (especially in or near bodies of water)
• do go to the toilet in or near a river

Question 8

Why are trees good for the environment? (6 points)

Answer 8

They clean polluted air
They make oxygen
They give us shade
Many tress give us food to eat
Rows of trees block out noise and wind
Tree roots prevent soil erosion

Question 9

What is a wetland?

Answer 9

A place that water doesn’t drain well, so the land is saturated with water.
Often called a marsh or swamp

Question 10

What are particulates?

Answer 10

Tiny bits of liquid or solid matter that get into the air (eg from cars and factories)

Question 11

What is conservation?

Answer 11

The wise use and protection of our environment