Environmental Issues in Europe

In which country did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur?

• The United Kingdom

• Germany

• Spain

• Ukraine

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur in

• 2010

• 2000

• 1986

• 1990

Which European country is having massive air pollution problems?

• Germany

• The United Kingdom

• Spain

• Russia

Which European country is having an acid rain environmental problem?

• Germany

• Ukraine

• The United Kingdom

• Italy

What are the causes of the acid rain?

• The causes are burning fuels like natural gas.

• The causes are smoke from factories .

• The causes are smoke from factories burning fuels like natural gas, coal, and oil.

One effect of acid rain is that...

•  rivers and lakes become polluted when it rains.

• rivers and lakes do not become polluted when it rains.

• only rivers become polluted when it rains.

• only lakes become polluted when it rains.

In the past the major source of air pollution in this country that we studied was smoke from burning coal in factories. The name of this European country is

• Ukraine

• The United Kingdom

• Italy

• Germany

Today, one cause of air pollution in this country that we studied is exhaust from automobiles.

The name of this European country is...

• Ukraine

• Germany

• The United Kingdom

• Spain

The largest nuclear plant in Europe was in

• Milan

• Moscow

• London

• Chernobyl

What is a nuclear plant?

• It is a place in which the energy source is a nuclear reactor.

• It is a place in which the energy source is not a nuclear reactor.

• It is a place in which the energy source is a steam engine.

• It is a place in which the energy source is wind power.