Europe Environmental Issues Quiz

Harmful materials in Earth's atmosphere causing damage to living organisms and historical objects.

• Radiation

• Water Pollution

• Deforestation

• Air Pollution

4000 people died due to exposure to heavy air pollution.

• Great Smog of 1962 Manchester

• Great Smog of 1952 London

• Great Smog of 1952 Paris

• Great Smog of 1952 Amsterdam

Which is NOT a cause of air pollution in the United Kingdom?

• Nuclear Energy

• Car Emissions

• Factories

• Coal burning

Sulfur dioxide and Nitrogen oxides go into the atmosphere and come down in Precipitation.

• Radiation

• Deforestation

• Acid Rain

• Clear Cutting

50% of the Black Forest Damaged from Acid Rain.

• Ukraine

• Russia

• United Kingdom

• Germany

Which is NOT an effect of the acid rain problem in Germany?

• Pollutes Rhine and Danube River

• Clear Cutting of trees causing deforestation

• Ruined 50% of the Black Forest

• Building and artwork damaged

Nuclear power plant explosion in Ukraine releasing radiation in the air.

• Zaporizhzhia

• Fukushima

• Three Mile Island

• Chernobyl

Which is NOT an effect of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion?

• 24,000 exposed to radiation

• People developed asthma

• 35 mile wide area abandoned

• Radiation reached Scandinavia

A solution to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion was to

• build a concrete dome around the reactor

• build a bridge for people to evacuate

• build an office building to file complaints against the Soviet Government

• ask the United States for monetary assistance

Which is NOT a European environmental issue?

• Nuclear Power Plant Explosion

• Air Pollution

• Acid Rain

• Clear Cutting/Deforestation