Canada Environmental Issues Quiz

What type of environmental issue does Southern Canada face?

• smog

• nuclear waste disposal

• acid rain

• polluted drinking water

What is the cause of Canada's environmental issue?

• not filtering water

• illegal logging of trees

• hydroelectric dams

• factories, power plants, and automobiles

Where does most of the pollution come from?

• U.S.

• below Hudson Bay

• Great Lakes

• Canadian Shield

What makes Canada's environmental issue worse?

• There is no cure for acid rain.

• The U.S. is the cause of most of the pollution making the Canadian pollution laws pointless unless the U.S. lessens its pollution also.

• If the environmental issue is fixed, it will cause thousands of workers their jobs due to government regulations.

• It will hurt Canada's GDP because it will lessen the amount of natural resources extracted from the ground.

What laws have Canadian officials put in place to help lessen the pollution?

• Citizens are required to wear protective masks when pollution levels are high.

• Canadian government has passed laws calling for stronger regulation of factory and vehicle exhaust emissions.

• Made it illegal to drive trucks that get poor gas mileage.

• Made stricter laws against cutting down trees in the forest.

What is the second type of environmental issue Canada faces?

• nuclear disposal and recycling

• mining and logging

• smog and acid rain

• polluted drinking water and sulfur dioxide in the ground

Which of these statements is correct in reference to Canada's environmental issue?

• The government cannot afford to filter their cities drinking water.

• The city is located in the valley of an extinct volcano making the air pollution stay in the atmosphere above the city.

• Sulfur dioxide from mining equipment reduces air quality and chemical runoff from the mining process contaminates water supplies.

• Hydroelectric power releases carbon dioxide into the air causing acid rain and reduces air quality for its citizens.

It is illegal to cut down trees in Canada.

• True

• False

Canada has the world's highest deforestation rate.

• True

• False

The U.S. is Canada's number one cause of air pollution.

• True

• False