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WorksheetsEnvironmental Issues of Canada
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
What environmental issue does this picture show?
Acid rain
Clear-cutting
Great lakes pollution
Extraction of natural resources in the Canadian Shield
What are the causes of acid rain? (more than one correct answer)
Clear cutting
Power plants that burns coal
Factories that process minerals
Mining in the Canadian Shield
What are the effects of pollution in the Great Lakes.
Releases harmful chemicals
Thousands of plants and animals are killed
Heavy machinery leaves the forest floor compacted
Damage buildings and statues
What environmental issue does this picture show?
Great Lakes pollution
Acid Rian
Extraction of resources
Clear-cutting
What environmental issue does this picture show?
Extraction of resources
Pollution in the Great Lakes
Acid rain
Clear-cutting
50-75% of
the pollution that causes acid rain
doesn't come from the US.
false
true
What is are solutions for pollution in the Great Lakes?
The government has made new rules
about mining and is implementing plans
to monitor the process more closely.
The Canadian government has done
quite a bit in recent years to limit the
damage associated with deforestation.
They are encouraging people to walk or
ride bikes/buses, rather than driving.
Both Canada and the US, the countries
are working together to clean up the
pollution.
What environmental issue does this picture show?
Pollution in the Great Lakes
Extraction of resources
Clear-cutting
Acid rain
What are the effects of acid rain? (more than one correct answer)
dead fish and damaged trees
has decreased profits in Canada’s fishing,
forestry, and agriculture industries
damage buildings and
statues
chemical runoff often
contaminates water supplies
What are the major timber-producing
provinces? (more than one correct answer)
British Columbia,
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
