Impacts of Pollution on Animals Quiz

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Please answer the questions below using what you just learned about the impacts of pollution on animals. Good luck!

Fish can ingest toxins that will… *

1 point

Allow them to swim faster

Hurt their livers

Make their scales shinier

Algae grows at an excessive rate to create algal blooms due to… *

1 point

An increase in temperature and sea animals

A decrease in sea animals and fertilizers

An increase in carbon dioxide and fertilizers

A decrease in carbon dioxide and temperature

Which of these is NOT important to water ecosystems? *

1 point

Chemicals from man-made products

Soil bacteria

Insects

Fish

Which of the following is NOT an effect of an algal bloom? *

1 point

Increase in the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus in the water

Absorb oxygen animals need to live

Intercept sunlight that underwater plants need

Which of the following is a danger that garbage patches in the ocean can bring to sea animals? *

1 point

They want to live on the garbage patch

They can get trapped in the plastic and get hurt

Predators can easily find and capture them at the garbage patch

The garbage patches make the ocean smell bad so the animals don’t want to live there anymore

Pesticides can ____ bacteria and animals that are important to ecosystems. *

1 point

Heal

Promote growth of

Kill

Injure

True or False: Animals higher up on the food chain do not ingest as many pollutants as animals at the bottom of the food chain. *

1 point

True

False

Which two ingredients in fertilizers promote plant growth? *

2 points

Nitrogen

Sugar

Sodium

Phosphorous

Water

Potassium

Required

Which of the following is NOT a reason why algal blooms form? *

1 point

Growing seasons lengthen so algae can grow more easily

A larger number of storms and rain showers wash fertilizers in the water, which promote algae growth

An increased amount of carbon dioxide in the air speeds up algae’s process of photosynthesis

Animal waste in the water causes algae to grow more quickly

Animals absorb pollutants through their…

1 point

Skin

Food

Water

All of the above

None of the above

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