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Nature & science · Age 8 · Ecosystems Basics & Human Impact

Sick Planet, Sick Animals

Understand the connection between a polluted environment and the health of the living things in it.

Module

Ecosystems Basics & Human Impact

Age

Age 8

Duration

8 min

Questions

5

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  1. Question 1

    Multiple choice

    Acid rain is caused by air pollution. How does it harm forests?

  2. Question 2

    Multiple choice

    Humans eat fish from a polluted river. What could happen to those humans?

  3. Question 3

    Multiple choice

    Which of these shows that pollution travels through a food chain?

  4. Question 4

    True or false

    Pollution in one part of the world can never travel to another country.

  5. Question 5

    Matching

    Match each harmful event to its likely effect on living things.

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