Environmental Issues Review

What causes air pollution in london?

• smoke from factories burning fuel

• exhaust from cars and buses

• all of the above

How can acid rain hurt an area's economy?

• It ruins historic buildings and statues which causes tourism to drop.

• It makes fish double in size, so the fisherman make more money.

• It makes money in the area useless.

How is Germany trying to fix their acid rain problem?

• cleaning the smoke before it goes into the air

• using alternative energy sources like wind, water, and solar

• paying factories not to produce cars anymore

What word was first used in 1905 to describe the air in London?

• fog

• pollution

• smog

Which of the following is an effect of air pollution?

• skin cancer

• asthma

• decrease in crop production

What kinds of laws have been created in the UK to help stop air pollution?

• automobile makers have to build cars that produce less exhaust

• Londoners are required to walk everywhere they go

• people in the UK have to take medicine to prevent air pollution from harming them

What country was Ukraine part of when Chernobyl happened?

• USA

• Soviet Union

• Poland

What specifically caused the illnesses in the people of the towns around Chernobyl?

• the radiation from the explosion

• falling debris from the explosion

• car wrecks as the people tried to evacuate

Why can't people live in the area around Chernobyl now?

• the environment is not safe to grow food on or to drink from the water there

• the radiation is still too high

• all of the above

Which of the 5 Themes of Geography does pollution usually fall in?

• movement

• region

• human-environment interaction