Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 10
Industry & the Environment
Balancing people's needs with caring for nature
What your child practises
Effects of dams, mines, oil, forestry and fishing on the environment, sustainability actions by companies and citizens, and weighing different perspectives about land and resource use.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B1.2, B1.3, B2.1–B2.6 · how industries affect the environment and ways industries and citizens act for sustainability
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Wind farms make electricity from…
🌬️- burning wood
- moving air
- coal
- flowing rivers
Show answer
moving air
Hint: Wind turbines turn in the wind.
Question 2
Industries and citizens both need to act for sustainability. Which is an example from citizens?
🚲- choosing to walk, bike or take transit
- cutting more trees
- using more plastic
- building a bigger mine
Show answer
choosing to walk, bike or take transit
Hint: Citizens can also make a difference.
Question 3
Is it a way to harm the environment or a way to protect it? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 💚 protects · ⚠️ harms
- ⛏️cleaning up a mine site
- 🎣setting fishing limits
- 🌳replanting trees after logging
- 🐟catching too many fish
- 🛢️releasing waste into a river
- ☣️leaving toxic tailings uncovered
Show answer
💚 protects: cleaning up a mine site, setting fishing limits, replanting trees after logging · ⚠️ harms: catching too many fish, releasing waste into a river, leaving toxic tailings uncovered
Hint: Reclaiming a mine, using solar panels and setting fishing limits protect the environment. Releasing waste and overfishing harm it.
Question 4
A forest company and a nature group disagree about cutting trees. They have different…
👥- perspectives
- countries
- colours
- coins
Show answer
perspectives
Hint: Each group values different things.
Question 5
A company plants new trees after logging a forest. This is…
🌲- reforestation, one way of using forests sustainably
- mining
- pollution
- deforestation
Show answer
reforestation, one way of using forests sustainably
Hint: Planting trees helps forests recover.
Question 6
A map shows where forests, mines and towns are. How can this help balance needs and stewardship?
🗺️- it hides places
- it shows where nature and industry overlap
- it predicts the future
- it tells the time
Show answer
it shows where nature and industry overlap
Hint: Thematic maps can guide planning.