Transboundary Pollution

Match the following

• release of harmful substances into the environment as a result of everyday activities, burning coal

• accidental pollution

• a river and all the streams that flow into it.

• general pollution

• release of harmful substances into the environment as the result of an accident, oil spill

• river system

• huge social and economic change produced by the shift from handmade goods to factories

• Industrial Revolution

• pollution that starts in one country and crosses boundaries into other countries

• transboundary pollution

Match the following

• energy that comes from nuclear reactions. Radiation has no smell/taste, but is very harmful

• acid rain

• a chemical that is poisonous to humans or other living things

• pollution

• solid and liquid waste from homes and other buildings that is carried away by sewers or drains

• sewage

• rain that can damage the environment; it contains acid created from chemicals in factories

• toxic chemical

• damage to the natural environment caused by harmful substances

• nuclear radiation

Which of these was the main pollutant released by the Chernobyl power plant explosion?

• cyanide

• nitrogen oxide

• nuclear radiation

• sulfur dioxide

The Chernobyl power plant explosion and the Tisza-Danube cyanide spill are both examples of

• water pollution.

• accidental pollution.

• radiation pollution.

• general pollution.

Which of these is a major cause of acid rain?

• spraying pesticides on crops

• burning fossil fuels for energy

• dumping sewage in river systems

• using uranium to generate electricity

Acid rain forms when

• sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides mix with water in the air.

• nuclear radiation contaminates soil and crops.

• cyanide mixes with water in rivers

• uranium is improperly stored.

What measures are being taken in Europe’s “Black Triangle” to reduce acid rain?

• switching to coal as a fuel

• building taller smokestacks

• stopping work on windy days

• installing smokestack scrubbers

How did the accidental spill of cyanide at a mine in Romania spread to neighboring countries?

• Winds blew cyanide to other countries.

• Rivers carried cyanide to other countries.

• Crops poisoned with cyanide were sold in other countries.

• Storms dropped rain poisoned with cyanide on other countries.

The Tisza-Danube cyanide spill is an example of all of the following except

• general pollution.

• accidental pollution.

• point-source pollution.

• transboundary pollution.

What is one way that Europe has addressed the problem of transboundary pollution?

• . by declaring war on polluting countries

• by promoting economic growth

• by passing EU environmental legislation

• none of the above