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Unit 7: Aquatic and terrestrial pollution

500 possible mastery points

About this unit

How can we keep trash out of our oceans? In this unit, we'll learn about pollution in water and on land. We'll explore the effects of pollutants on ecosystems and our health, and we'll discover the different ways we can reduce and treat the waste we produce.

What's the point source?
"War against nature is inevitably a war against one's own self." -Rachel Carson
Level up on the above skills and collect up to 240 Mastery points
We're all sick of pollution.

Practice

We're all sick of pollution.

Practice

Level up on the above skills and collect up to 160 Mastery points
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Level up on all the skills in this unit and collect up to 500 Mastery points!