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Effects of Pollution

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1) What are the effects of pollution on the environment and on the people?

Look at the labeled pictures and complete the table:

headache Hole in the smog Disease / Chemical Skin rash


ozone layer sickness reaction

burn Breathing Acid rain stomachache deafness weakness


problem

Effects of pollution on people Effects of pollution on the environment

2) Read text1 and text 2 and fill in the table showing the cause and effects of
pollution.

TEXT 1 TEXT 2

Because factories release fumes, Living in noisy overcrowded towns


the air people breathe gets has become dangerous because
polluted. Other well-known effects everyday exposure to noise can
of fumes are smog, acid rain and cause headache, earaches and may
holes in the ozone layer. lead to deafness.

Text Type of pollution causes effects


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2 -
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3) Read text 3 and text 4 and answer the questions:

TEXT 3 TEXT 4
Toxic substances found in the food we Paints, solvents, glues are all
eat and the air we breathe accumulate inflammable.
in our bodies and result in poor health They can catch fire and result in
like weakness, pains, aches disease burns, skin rashes or risky
and sickness. chemical reactions.

a) Find equivalent expressions from text 3:


Contaminated food =
Polluted air =

b) Are contaminated food and polluted air harmful of our health? Justify.

c) What can happen when inflammables catch fire?

4) Write the following out and put your choice for each in. Underline your
choice.

Pollution is dangerous. (That’s why / Because / But) everyone has to take


actions against it. For example:

 (Therefore / whereas / because) household chemicals are harmful, we must


handle them with care.

 Batteries from toys, mobile phones and cars leak heavy metals. (Because /
So / Can) they must disposed of properly.

 Moreover, people cut trees. (As a result / First / Because) many bird
will disappear.

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