Environmental Issues in Latin America Pre & Post Test

A serious environmental problem facing Mexico today is

• loss of the world's largest living coral habitat.
• air pollution in Mexico City.
• loss of the Amazon Rainforest.
• the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

How does geography play a role in Mexico City's air pollution problem?

• It is one of the world's largest cities.
• The city has views of distant snowcapped mountains.
• It lies in a bowl-shaped valley that traps air pollutants.
• The cars and factories send pollution such as lead, sulfur, and carbon monoxide into the air.

Mexico City has over ___________ people

• 5,000

• 19,000,000

• 1,000

• 20,000

The air pollution is so bad that some citizens may have ________problems and may develop ___________ disease

• canser, foot

• Breathing, ear

• Weak, lung

• Breathing, lung

___________may be closed on days of very high pollution.

• Business

• Schools

• Factories

Deforestation allows land to be used for cattle ranches and ________to grow crops

• Farms

• Fields

• Plains

• Water

Government created _______to control amount of forests cut down.

• Adamants

• Laws

The MOST pressing environmental concern for the residents of Brazil is

• industrial air pollution

• increasing water scarcity

• transboundary pollution from Bolivia

• the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest

Demand for which resource has greatly contributed to the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest?

• coal

• diamonds

• lumber

• oil

Which term means the cutting down of trees?

• building
• lumber
• logging
• erosion