SEA ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FLASHCARD

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The river located at Letter A is highly polluted with dangerous bacteria and cities along its banks have the highest rates of water-borne diseases in India. What river is located at Letter A?

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Ganges river

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Which of the following is NOT a cause of air pollution in India and China?
Coal burning factories,
Homes burning coal for heating purposes,
Flooding during monsoon season

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Flooding during monsoon season

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What is an effect of water pollution in the Ganges and Chang Jiang (Yangtze) Rivers?

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water born illnesses are spreading, animals and plant life are dying, water is not safe to drink

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The Huang He (Yellow River) is nicknamed "China's Sorrow" because flooding from the river has caused more deaths than any other river in the world.

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True

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Which river is located at Letter B, where hundreds of millions of Chinese villagers do not have safe drinking water because of pollution from chemicals and waste?

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Yangtze river

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What has contributed to rivers flooding in China? Options: rains during monsoon seasons, farmers draining wetlands that previously acted as sponges, loggers cutting down too many trees that previously contained the rivers' water, all of the above

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all of the above

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Why does the pollution of the Ganges and Chang Jiang Rivers have such a big impact on the people of India and China?

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Millions of people depend on water from the rivers for daily living.

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India has some of the lowest rates of air pollution in the world due to automobile emissions and the development of industry. True or False?

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False