Latin America - Environmental Issues

What environmental issue does Mexico City have?

• Water Pollution

• Air Pollution

• Noise Pollution

• Sea Pollution

How does Hoy No Circula (A Day Without a Car) help to reduce air pollution in Mexico City?

• It keeps people from making cakes.

• It stops people from driving their cars on certain days each week

• It keeps people from cutting trees down

What is one of the causes of air pollution in Mexico City?

• Too much trash

• Emissions from cars and factories

• Not enough cars

• Too many bicycles

Why was the Trans-Amazonian Highway built?

• To get to Walmart faster

• To make a race track

• To connect the regions of Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru to the Amazon.

• To give animals somewhere to walk.

What blocks the wind from blowing away the smog in Mexico City?

• The hills

• The Mississippi River

• The Amazon River

• The Sierra Madre Mountains

Which one is a cause of the destruction of the Amazon?

• Emissions from Cars

• The Sierra Madre Mountains

• Cattle Ranching

• Emissions from factories

What is one of the effects of Air Pollution in Mexico City?

• More plants grow

• People develop heart problems

• People buy more cars

• The rain turns into Takis

Explain how deforestation affects the indigenous people that live in the Amazon

Rainforest (Native Amazonians)?