Environmental Issues Review

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What causes air pollution in London? Options: smoke from factories burning fuel, exhaust from cars and buses, all of the above

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all of the above

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How can acid rain hurt an area's economy?

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It ruins historic buildings and statues which causes tourism to drop.

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How is Germany trying to fix their acid rain problem? Options: cleaning the smoke before it goes into the air, using alternative energy sources like wind, water, and solar, paying factories not to produce cars anymore

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using alternative energy sources like wind, water, and solar

Front

What word was first used in 1905 to describe the air in London?

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smog

Front

Which of the following is an effect of air pollution? skin cancer, asthma, decrease in crop production

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asthma

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What kinds of laws have been created in the UK to help stop air pollution?

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automobile makers have to build cars that produce less exhaust

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What country was Ukraine part of when Chernobyl happened?

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Soviet Union

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What specifically caused the illnesses in the people of the towns around Chernobyl?

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the radiation from the explosion

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Why can't people live in the area around Chernobyl now?

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the environment is not safe to grow food on or to drink from the water there; the radiation is still too high

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Which of the 5 Themes of Geography does pollution usually fall in?

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human-environment interaction