Environmental Issues of Latin America

Multiple Choice

Mexico City's major environmental issue is ...

• overcrowding

• air pollution

• deforestation

• oil pollution

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What contributes mostly to Mexico's pollution problem?

• population and location

• natural resources and trade

• climate and Trade

• rivers and lakes

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How do the Sierra Madre mountains affect pollution in Mexico City?

• They blow the pollution out of the city.

• They have no effect on the city

• They surround the city and trap in polluted air

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What is NOT an effect of air pollution?

• It hurts the atmosphere.

• It hurts people's eyes and lungs.

• It can lead to acid rain.

• It can improve crops.

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What is NOT a solution to pollution in Mexico City?

• More cars are allowed to drive on the streets.

• The city promotes public transportation.

• The city is testing cleaner burning fuels.

• Laws exists where people are not allowed to drive on certain days.

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Multiple Choice

What is deforestation?

• the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use

• the addition of trees to a forest than is used for forest use

• Using seeds to plant new trees and flowers to make a yard look nice

Open Ended

Why is the rainforest important?

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Loss of trees increases carbon dioxide. Why is that dangerous to the environment?

• It increases oxygen needed for plants and humans.

• Carbon dioxide contributes to global warming.

• It is not dangerous

Multiple Choice

True or False?

Destruction of the Amazon Rainforest only affects plants and animals.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

◊The government is working to fix the deforestation problem by ..

• giving people more trees to plant

• using the carbon dioxide to breathe

• passing laws on cutting down too many trees.

Multiple Choice

What has caused Venezuela's coast to become polluted with oil?

• boat crashes

• cars

• public transportation

• oil spills

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Why do Venezuelans want to keep producing and selling oil?

• It's how they make money.

• It helps them farm.

• It keeps people from polluting

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Carbon dioxide, a by-product of burning oil can cause ...

• animals to run away

• rivers to dry up

• breathing problems for children and elderly

Multiple Choice

True or False?

Oil businesses have damaged lakes and shores in Venezuela.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

One solution to Venezuela's oil pollution problem is that groups are calling for...

• people to pack up and leave the country

• renewable energy sources and the clean-up and prevention of pollution.

• the government to get rid of oil drilling

Open Ended

Which environmental concern do you think needs the most attentio: Air Pollution in Mexico, Deforestation in Brazil, or Oil pollution in Venezuela? Explain