Acid Rain Vocabulary Test

Rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes

A catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred in 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine, resulting in widespread radioactive contamination.

The presence of harmful substances in the air, often resulting from human activities such as burning fossil fuels.

• Air Pollution

• Nuclear Power

• Fuel

• Radioactive Contamination

Energy produced by nuclear reactions, particularly used as a clean energy source but with risks of radioactive contamination

Fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants, often seen in large cities.

• Smog

• Deforestation

• Global Warning

• combined

Natural fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed from the remains of living organisms.

Context: Burning fossil fuels is a major source of air pollution and contributes to global warming.

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Context: Ecosystems in Europe are affected by pollution, deforestation, and climate change.

Energy from sources that are naturally replenishing and cannot be exhausted, such as wind or solar power.

Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat, such as carbon dioxide and methane.

• Gases

• Greenhouse Gases

• Industrialization

• Heat

To break down/ Melt away