Solutions and Pollution

Brenna Searcy

Essential Question

How do foreign substances cause pollution?

What is Pollution?

Pollution: the process of natural resources becoming spoiled by human waste

Foreign substances (waste) mix with air, water, and soil

What is Human Waste?

Car exhaust, ocean litter, pesticides, fertilizers

Anything human created that can harm the environment

Air Pollution

Caused by car exhaust, power plants, factories and oil refineries

Toxic particles mix with the air Air pollution makes it hard to

breatheLos Angeles has the worst air

pollution in the United States!

Air Pollution Map

Interactive Air Pollution Map: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-air-we-breathe/372411/

Reducing Air Pollution

Carpool to reduce car emissionsPlant more treesSave energy when you canWhat are some ideas you can think

of? Discuss with a partner.

Water Pollution

Anything that causes a harmful change in the water

Caused by Any kind of waste getting into the waterOil spills

Makes water unsafe to drink Harms ocean life

Water Pollution Map

Interactive Water Pollution Map: http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters/polluters/south-carolina

Reducing Water Pollution

Use non-toxic household cleanersProper disposal of industrial

wasteWhat are some ideas you can

think of? Discuss with a partner.

Land Pollution

Anything that contaminates the Earth’s surface

Litter, landfills, pesticides, fertilizers

Can harm animals and plants Can cause health problems

in people

Reducing Land Pollution

Reduce your trashRecycle Reuse old itemsWhat are other ideas you

have? Discuss with a partner.

Sum it Up!

Discuss with a partner!What does pollution have to do with solutions?What are the different kinds of pollution?What can you do to reduce pollution?

Sum it Up (Answers)!

Foreign particles mix with air, water or soil making a toxic solution

Air pollution, water pollution, land pollutionCarpool, plant treesUse non-toxic cleanersRecycle, reduce, reuse

Standard

5-4.8 Explain how the mixing and dissolving of foreign substances is related to the pollution of the water, air, and soil.

Resources

http://www.stateoftheair.org/2014/msas/los-angeles-long-beach-ca.html#ozone

http://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/pollutionhttp://

www.all-recycling-facts.com/main-types-of-pollution.html