Canada Environmental Issues

Canada has to work with the United States to solve the problem of acid rain because the United States

• A. is the source odf much of Canada's air pollution.
• B. purchases many of the goods that Canada produces in its factories.
• C. has reduced the amount of acid rain and understands how to solve the problem.
• D. is careful to keep air pollution from leaving the United States and entering Canada.

Forests cover about how much land in Canada?

• A. one- half
• B. one-third
• C. one-fourth
• D. three-fourths

What is the government of Canada doing to protect the forests?

• A. planting seeds and seedlings.
• B. spending billions of dollars selling forests.
• C. encouraging clear-cutting to keep lumber costs down.
• D. providing new homes for wildlife and new areas for human recreation.

Where in Canada are the most valuable minerals found?

• A. Hudson Bay
• B. Canadian Shield
• C. Golden Horseshoe
• D. St. Lawrence Seaway

What is an important resource that Canadians share with the United States in which both are looking to prevent chemicals from harming?

• the Great Lakes
• Hudson Bay
• Canadian Shield
• the Flint River

Which of these would be MOST impacted by acid rain falling in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States?

• acid raid would slow transportation on the Great Lakes

• the timber industry would cease to exist

• water pollution would damage the fishing industry

• pollution would cause the lakes to freeze in winter

Which of the following environmental issues is most impacted by clear-cutting?

• Acid Rain
• Deforestation
• Water Pollution
• Mining the Canadian Shield  

Acid rain can damage

• Drinking water sources
• Aquatic life
• Architecture/buildings
• All options are correct

Which of these is not a problem caused by acid rain?

• trees dying
• increased snowfall
• fish dying
• polluted lakes

What are causes of the pollution in the Great Lakes? 

• waste from factories 
• run off from ground pollution (fertilizers, grease, pesticides
• sewage treatment plants
• All of these