Student Activity Sheets - Grades 3-5 Page 7
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20Effects of Air Pollution
Activity 5:
Continued
Air pollution isn’t just harmful to
VERY UNHEALTHY
people. It also affects the health of our
• Sensitive persons should
pets and farm animals.
remain indoors.
• Everyone should
Air pollution creates other problems.
Too much pollution in the air reduces
avoid outdoor exertion.
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visibility. And some kinds of pollution
affect non-living things by:
UNHEALTHY
• fading and peeling paint
• corroding plaster
• Sensitive persons
• damaging fabrics
should avoid outdoor
• cracking rubber
exertion.
• rusting iron or steel
• Everyone should limit
prolonged outdoor
The quality of our air is monitored
exertion.
every day. When the amount of
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pollutants in the air is forecast to reach
a certain level, which is measured on an
UNHEALTHY FOR
“Air Quality Index,” notifications are
SENSITIVE GROUPS
issued. On these days, people are
• Sensitive persons
advised to cut back on activities that
should limit outdoor
pollute the air and to limit outdoor
exertion.
exercise.
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MODERATE
• Unusually sensitive
persons–such as those
with respiratory diseases–
should limit outdoor
exertion.
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GOOD
• No health cautions
are issued.
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