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Geography: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Changes to the Environment 2 (Questions)

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Change to the environment is caused by natural ecological processes, but this quiz is more concerned with the change caused by the activities of humans. What can we do to repair any damage we have made by changing the environment? And what are the purposes for doing so?

Play this quiz and discover more about the changes caused to the environment, not by ecological processes, but by man.

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What can the owners of quarries do to improve the environment once they finish extracting stone?

[ ]	Give local people jobs
[ ]	Create a new nature reserve
[ ]	Nothing, just leave the land as it is
[ ]	Build a supermarket

If there is a water shortage what can we do to improve the situation?

[ ]	Not use garden hoses
[ ]	Always turn taps off
[ ]	Use washing up water to water the garden
[ ]	All of these

Landfill sites are not good for the environment. What alternative is there to dispose of non-recyclable rubbish?

[ ]	Incineration
[ ]	Put in the sea
[ ]	Send it to outer space
[ ]	No alternative

How can we help reduce the amount of rubbish that goes to landfill?

[ ]	Don’t throw things away
[ ]	Burn our rubbish
[ ]	Recycle
[ ]	We can’t do anything

How can ordinary people reduce pollution in our rivers?

[ ]	Do not throw things in the river
[ ]	Recycle
[ ]	Do not use garden hoses
[ ]	We can’t do anything

When a building is knocked down leaving land with no plants what is it called?

[ ]	Green land
[ ]	Brown land
[ ]	Scrub land
[ ]	No man’s land

What can be done to improve brown land?

[ ]	Nothing
[ ]	Plant trees
[ ]	Build a factory
[ ]	Build a quarry

Which land is the best choice for a new shopping center?

[ ]	Open field
[ ]	A forest
[ ]	Brown land
[ ]	The park

When a new bypass is going to be built that destroys lots of habitats, what can people do to stop it?

[ ]	Protest
[ ]	Get up a petition
[ ]	Write to their local council
[ ]	All of these

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Who looks after your local environment?

[ ]	Government
[ ]	No one
[ ]	Factory owners
[ ]	Local council

Geography: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Changes to the Environment 2 (Answers)

What can the owners of quarries do to improve the environment once they finish extracting stone?

[ ]	Give local people jobs
[x]	Create a new nature reserve
[ ]	Nothing, just leave the land as it is
[ ]	Build a supermarket

The damage done to the environment by the quarry can be put right by creating a nature reserve

If there is a water shortage what can we do to improve the situation?

[ ]	Not use garden hoses
[ ]	Always turn taps off
[ ]	Use washing up water to water the garden
[x]	All of these

By using less water we can help improve the situation

Landfill sites are not good for the environment. What alternative is there to dispose of non-recyclable rubbish?

[x]	Incineration
[ ]	Put in the sea
[ ]	Send it to outer space
[ ]	No alternative

Incineration is when rubbish is burned. We can use this to create energy - but it does cause air pollution

How can we help reduce the amount of rubbish that goes to landfill?

[ ]	Don’t throw things away
[ ]	Burn our rubbish
[x]	Recycle
[ ]	We can’t do anything

Recycling is just one way we can also reuse and reduce

How can ordinary people reduce pollution in our rivers?

[x]	Do not throw things in the river
[ ]	Recycle
[ ]	Do not use garden hoses
[ ]	We can’t do anything

Some people throw rubbish such as supermarket trolleys and tires into rivers. Not only is this pollution but it could make flooding worse

When a building is knocked down leaving land with no plants what is it called?

[ ]	Green land
[x]	Brown land
[ ]	Scrub land
[ ]	No man’s land

We find most brown land in towns and cities

What can be done to improve brown land?

[ ]	Nothing
[x]	Plant trees
[ ]	Build a factory
[ ]	Build a quarry

The trees will make the land green again

Which land is the best choice for a new shopping center?

[ ]	Open field
[ ]	A forest
[x]	Brown land
[ ]	The park

It is better to build on brown land than green - that way less damage is done to the environment

When a new bypass is going to be built that destroys lots of habitats, what can people do to stop it?

[ ]	Protest
[ ]	Get up a petition
[ ]	Write to their local council
[x]	All of these

Protests, petitions and letters to councils and the government are ways in which we can influence politicians' decisions

10.

Who looks after your local environment?

[ ]	Government
[ ]	No one
[ ]	Factory owners
[x]	Local council

Buildings and developments have to be approved by councils before they are allowed to go ahead