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Environmental concerns in Europe

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
__________ is a combination of the words fog and smoke and
 happens when water in the air mixes with smoke particles.
a)
air pollution
b)
smog
c)
smoke
d)
acid rain
2.
What is the leading cause of air pollution in United Kingdom today?
a)
exhaust from automobiles
b)
smoke from factories
c)
radiation from nuclear reactors
d)
acid rain
3.
What is the main cause of acid rain in Germany?
a)
exhaust from automobiles
b)
smoke from factories
c)
radiation from nuclear reactors
d)
exhaust from restaurants
4.
What is the leading cause of air pollution in United Kingdom in the past?
a)
exhaust from automobiles
b)
smoke from factories
c)
radiation from nuclear reactors
d)
acid rain
5.

Which of the following is not a disease linked to air pollution?

a)

pneumonia

b)

asthma

c)

flu

6.
Which of these is not an effect of air pollution?
a)
causes lung problems and diseases
b)
blacken buildings
c)
harms wildlife
d)
cause factories not to work
7.
The effects of ____________ are that it contaminates soil, kills trees, makes holes in the surfaces of buildings & statues, pollutes rivers, and harms wildlife
a)
acid rain
b)
radiation
c)
air pollution
d)
smog
8.
Acid rain is a major environmental problem for what country.
a)
United Kingdom
b)
Germany
c)
Ukraine
d)
France
9.
___________ is a major natural resource for Germany for that is affected by acid rain.
a)
Fishing
b)
Timber
c)
Manufacturing
d)
Automobiles
10.
Half of this forest has been destroyed by acid rain in Germany
a)
Black Forest
b)
Appalachian Forest
c)
Blue Forest
d)
Germanic Forest
11.
Replacing many coal-burning factories with hydroelectric plants, developing new types of energy, such as wind turbines and solar power, and passing laws to reduce emissions from cars and factories are all solutions for ______________.
a)
acid rain in Germany
b)
air pollution in United Kingdom
c)
radiation in Ukraine
12.
This city is the site of nuclear reactor melt down disaster in the 1980s.
a)
London
b)
Berlin
c)
Chernobyl
d)
Paris
13.
Doctors  noticed an increase in cases of cancer who lived nearby, many animals died or got sick, fish in nearby rivers were unsafe to eat for many years, and millions of acres of farmland have were poisoned were all _______________.
a)
effects of radiation released in Chernobyl
b)
effects of air pollution in UK
c)
effects of acid rain in Germany
d)
effects of smog in France
14.
Harmful energy released into the atmosphere as a result of the explosion at Chernobyl is called ____________.
a)
acid rain
b)
radiation
c)
air pollution
d)
smog
15.

gasses released in the air from cars and factories

a)

air pollution

b)

acid rain

c)

emissions

d)

smog

16.

the city

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

suburban

d)

metro

17.

the countryside

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

suburban

d)

metro

18.

the amount of people in a given area

a)

popular vote

b)

political map

c)

voters registration

d)

population density

19.

What is one thing that the UK and Germany are trying to do to solve their environmental concern?

a)

pass laws to keep people from driving

b)

develop alternative types of energy

c)

close all factories older than 1986

d)

place hurt animals in care facilities

20.

What is one thing that the Ukraine do to help with the nuclear explosion?

a)

closed the power plant in 2000

b)

tested every one for cancer in the area

c)

made laws to help keep the radiation out of Kiev

d)

developed a treatment plant to clean the water

21.
Which of these is not a solution for the United Kingdom's air pollution problem?
a)
car pooling
b)
making everyone walk everywhere
c)
using public transportation
d)
making laws to govern emmissions from factories and cars
22.
All of the following are ways to help stop pollution execpt
a)
Smokestack filters and cleaner fuels
b)
Continue to burn fossil fuels like coal
c)
Encase Chernobyl in cement 
d)
Use new types of energy like solar, wind, and water power
23.

Why were other countries concerned about the Chernobyl disaster?

a)

Chernobyl was immediately closed

b)

The cost of nuclear power increased

c)

Radioactive material fell on other countries

d)

They did bot have room for the sick people in their hosiptals

24.
The United States does not have the environmental problems that Europe does because
a)
the U.S. has created more regulations on factories
b)
Europe has successfully eliminated all air pollution
25.
What caused the Chernobyl incident to occur?
a)
air pollution
b)
acid rain
c)
faulty reactor and misuse by workers
d)
it was a natural disaster

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