EUR Environmental Issues

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__________ is a combination of the words fog and smoke and happens when water in the air mixes with smoke particles.

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smog

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What is a major cause of air pollution in United Kingdom today? Options: exhaust from automobiles/cars, smoke from volcanoes, radiation from nuclear reactors, acid rain

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exhaust from automobiles/cars

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What is the main cause of acid rain in Germany? Options: exhaust from automobiles, smoke from factories, radiation from nuclear reactors, exhaust from restaurants

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smoke from factories

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What problem does UK's pollution cause in humans?

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Difficulty with breathing

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Which of these is not an effect of air pollution? lung diseases and breathing problems, blackened buildings, death of wildlife, shutting down of factories

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shutting down of factories

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The effects of ____________ contaminates soil, kills trees, damages buildings & statues, pollutes rivers, and harms wildlife.

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acid rain

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Acid rain is a major environmental problem for what country?

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Germany

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___________ is/are a major natural resource for Germany that is affected by acid rain.

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The Black Forest

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Half of this forest has been destroyed by acid rain in Germany.

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Black Forest

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This city is the site of a nuclear reactor explosion in the 1980s.

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Chernobyl, Ukraine