European Environmental Issues- SS6G8

What causes air pollution?

• Too much acid rain

• Factories, homes, & cars burning fossil fuels.

• Nuclear power exploding & causing radiation.

• The splitting of uranium atoms

Which of the following is NOT an effect of air pollution?

• Acid rain

• illnesses such as bronchitis, asthma, and lung & heart disease

• Corrodes buildings & statues

• Decrease in crop production

What is the cause of acid rain?

• Air pollution entering the rain cycle

• People not recycling enough.

• A large amount of waste in the oceans.

• Splitting of uranium atoms

Which of the following is an effect of acid rain in Germany?

• Acid rain comes from factories & power plants.

• Factories are switching to cleaner energy to help stop pollution.

• Acid rain has destroyed half of the Black Forest in Germany.

• Germany is working to develop cleaner types of energy to prevent acid rain.

What was the cause of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl?

• The Chernobyl power plant is completely empty today.

• Russia dropped a nuclear bomb on the city of Chernobyl.

• Large amounts of acid rain fell on the power plant in Chernobyl.

• The nuclear power plant exploded & released toxic radioactive waste into the air.

Which of the following was an effect of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster?

• Forests located near the power plant were able to grow & flourish.

• Many people and animals became sick and died.

• Hundreds of nuclear power plants opened in many areas of the world.

• People living near Chernobyl noticed a decline in cases of cancer.

Governments requiring stricter emissions tests on cars helps with which environmental issue?

• air pollution

• acid rain

• nuclear disasters

• both a & b

• all of the above

_______ eats away at buildings and statues.

• air pollution

• uranium

• Chernobyl

• acid rain

Many environmental problems in Europe have come about because of poor practices in the past by local _______.

• schools

• buses

• industries

• politicians

What common fossil fuel pollutes the air when it is burned?

• water

• coal

• copper

• uranium