SS6G2 Assessment

Air pollution is a major cause of respiratory illness in Mexico City.

• TRUE

• False

Which term is the destruction or loss of forests; and an environmental issue for Brazil?

• COVID

• Deforestation

• Air Pollution

• Acid Rain

Which is the Latin American country south of the U.S.; with an air pollution issue within its capital?

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Venezuela

• Panama

The act of cutting down trees; a major issue for the Amazon Rainforest.

• Construction

• Building

• Logging

• Erosion

A positive effect of the destruction of the rainforest in Brazil is that it is making the Earth warmer.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Sierra Madre Mountains trapped smog, created by ______ and ______ in Mexico City, Mexico.

• Car/Factories

• Deforestation/Acid Rain

• People/ Global Warming

• logging

Road building, Cattle ranching, and the development of new settlements were the cause of ____ in ____.

• Air pollution/ Brazil

• Oil pollution/ Mexico

• Acid Rain/ Brazil

• Deforestation/Brazil

Strict laws on emissions to lessen pollution were one of the solutions proposed by which country?

• Cuba

• Venezuela

• Mexico

• Brazil

How does the physical geography of Mexico make their smog situation worse?

• The dense urban population

• It is surrounded by mountains, that trap air pollutants

• The Amazon River filling with pollution from factories

• The citizens of Mexico City have higher medical costs due to breathing bad air

Which is the capital city of Mexico where air pollution is a major environmental concern

• Panama

• Mexico City

• Puerto Rico

• Mexico