Unit 3: European Geography & Environmental Issues

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What environmental issue impacts the United Kingdom? Options: Smog/Air Pollution, Acid Rain, Spread of Radiation, Oil Pollution

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Smog/Air Pollution

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What causes the air pollution in the United Kingdom? Options: Oil spills in the English Channel, Use of electric cars, Emissions from cars and factories, Malfunctioning nuclear power plants

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Emissions from cars and factories

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What is "Smog"?

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Combination of smoke and fog polluting the air

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What environmental issue negatively affects Germany today? Options: Smog, Acid Rain, Oil Pollution, Water Pollution

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Acid Rain

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Which physical feature in Germany is being destroyed by the Acid Rain? Options: Rhine River, Black Forest, Danube River, European Plain

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Black Forest

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What causes the Acid Rain? Options: Emissions from cars and factories, Unsafe drilling practices, Germany's use of solar power and hydroelectricity, There is no cause: It is a natural phenomenon.

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Emissions from cars and factories

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Which European country suffered a nuclear explosion in April 1986? Options: Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Romania

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Ukraine

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Why were other European countries concerned about the nuclear explosion in Chernobyl, Ukraine?

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Due to wind patterns and Europe's small size, radiation spread across the continent.

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Which city in Ukraine is still uninhabitable today due to the nuclear explosion? Options: Kiev, Odessa, Chernobyl, Krakow

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Chernobyl

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This form of pollution kills trees, damages buildings or statues, and takes minerals out of the soil.

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Acid Rain