Water pollution can negatively impact the water cycle.
TRUE
FALSE
____________ and ___________ get into groundwater or runoff into streams.
Pesticides and fertilizers
Insects and corn
Fertilizers and trash
Leaves and plants
Oil spills in the oceans do not harm animals.
FALSE
TRUE
Some people in the world do not have clean drinking water.
TRUE
FALSE
How can water pollution affect people?
Water pollution can make people very sick or cause people to die.
Water pollution can sometimes affect the food chain.
TRUE
FALSE
______________ sometimes release waste water and chemicals.
Houses
Hospitals
Farms
Factories
Where does most water pollution come from?
Human activity
How is plastic that gets into oceans, lakes, and rivers dangerous to animals?
The plastic is sometimes eaten by animals and cannot be digested.
What are the four parts of the water cycle?
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection
Trash from people _______________ ends up in lakes and rivers.
trash
food
fertilizer
sewage
What are two things people do that cause water pollution?
littering, allowing pesticides and fertilizer in water, factories, sewage
What is water pollution?
when waste, chemicals, or other particles cause a body of water to be harmful to fish and animals
_____________ can cause animals to die because they cannot move.
Oil spills
Water
Factories
Chemicals
How can water pollution be bad for fish?
Sometimes there is not enough oxygen in the water for the fish to survive.