Environmental Issues of Canada

What environmental issue does this picture show?

• Acid rain

• Clear-cutting

• Great lakes pollution

• Extraction of natural resources in the Canadian Shield

What are the causes of acid rain? (more than one correct answer)

• Clear cutting

• Power plants that burns coal

• Factories that process minerals

• Mining in the Canadian Shield

What are the effects of pollution in the Great Lakes.

• Releases harmful chemicals

• Thousands of plants and animals are killed

• Heavy machinery leaves the forest floor compacted

• Damage buildings and statues

What environmental issue does this picture show?

• Great Lakes pollution

• Acid Rian

• Extraction of resources

• Clear-cutting

What environmental issue does this picture show?

• Extraction of resources

• Pollution in the Great Lakes

• Acid rain

• Clear-cutting

50-75% of

the pollution that causes acid rain

doesn't come from the US.

• false

• true

What is are solutions for pollution in the Great Lakes?

• The government has made new rules

  about mining and is implementing plans

  to monitor the process more closely.

• The Canadian government has done

  quite a bit in recent years to limit the

  damage associated with deforestation.

• They are encouraging people to walk or

  ride bikes/buses, rather than driving.

• Both Canada and the US, the countries

  are working together to clean up the

  pollution.

What environmental issue does this picture show?

• Pollution in the Great Lakes

• Extraction of resources

• Clear-cutting

• Acid rain

What are the effects of acid rain? (more than one correct answer)

• dead fish and damaged trees

• has decreased profits in Canada’s fishing,

  forestry, and agriculture industries

• damage buildings and

  statues

• chemical runoff often

  contaminates water supplies

What are the major timber-producing

provinces? (more than one correct answer)

• British Columbia,

• Alberta

• Ontario

• Quebec