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Environmental Issues

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which environmental issue is being described: "Rainfall that is mixed with pollutants in the air"

a)

Acid Rain

b)

Air Pollution

c)

Water Pollution

d)

Nuclear Disaster

2.

Which of these is the MOST LIKELY contributor to "acid rain"?

a)

Cars that run on gasoline

b)

Cattle Ranchers

c)

Pollution from Nuclear Waste

d)

Power Plants the Burn Coal

3.

Acid rain is destroying the Black Forest. This is a major problem for which country?

a)

Russia

b)

Ukraine

c)

Germany

d)

United Kingdom

4.

Acid rain destroys forests over a long period of time. This is a major problem for which country?

a)
Russia
b)
Ukraine
c)
Germany
d)
United Kingdom
5.
Which was an effect of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, Ukraine?
a)
all nuclear power plants in the world were closed
b)
forests were healthier than they have ever been
c)
contaminated farmland, ground water, and surface water
d)
people and animals did not get sick
6.

The main source of acid rain is from ?___

a)

dumping plastic and other trash in rivers and lakes

b)

nuclear fallout from explosions in other parts of Europe

c)

factories burning fuels, like natural gas, coal and oil

d)

farmers' cows producing methane poisoning

7.

In what European country did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster take place?

a)

United Kingdom

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Ukraine

8.

What caused the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on April, 26, 1986?

a)

one of the reactors exploded

b)

one of the staff set it on fire

c)

Russia bombed it as an act of war

d)

No one knows why it happened

9.

The radioactive fallout material has caused....

a)

people to stay in there homes and not go to school and work for the last 30 years

b)

different types of cancers, autoimmune disorders, and birth defects

c)

more nuclear disasters across Europe

10.

It is estimated that the radiation levels are still so high in Chernobyl, that humans cannot safely live there for the next .....

a)

2,000 years

b)

20,000 yearss

c)

50 years

d)

100 years