- 1. faced by every country on the planet; can be caused by poor practices in the past by local industries
A) urban areas
B) smokeless zones
C) environmental issues
D) nuclear power
- 2. rain mixed with pollutants in the air
A) natural resources
B) nuclear power
C) acid rain
D) ozone
- 3. one-half of Germany’s trees have been damaged or killed, rivers and lakes are polluted; killing fish and plants, building and roadways damaged
A) smokeless zones
B) emissions
C) effects of acid rain
D) urban areas
- 4. the air is polluted by emissions from factories or from homes burning coal for heat
A) natural resources
B) nuclear power
C) Chernobyl Disaster
D) air pollution
- 5. forms when air pollutants mix and react with sunlight to form smog
A) nuclear power
B) ozone
C) urban areas
D) smokeless zones
- 6. brown coal which is burned emits this gas
A) urban areas
B) nuclear power
C) sulfur dioxide
D) acid rain
- 7. air pollutants from cars and trucks (carbon monoxide and nitrous oxides) and from ozone
A) emissions
B) natural resources
C) acid rain
D) Chernobyl Disaster
- 8. cities and municipalities with population density at least 500 persons per sq. km.
A) urban areas
B) ozone
C) emissions
D) natural resources
- 9. a visible haze of air pollution over cities
A) acid rain
B) urban areas
C) Chernobyl Disaster
D) smog
- 10. In London, the smog was so dense for four days. The people could not see what was in front of them. Transportation slowed, crime increased, and thousands of people died from the pollution
A) Ozone
B) Chernobyl Disaster
C) Smokeless Zone
D) Great Smog of 1952
- 11. Created by the government of the United Kingdom after the Great Smog where only smokeless fuels could be used in London
A) smog
B) emissions
C) smokeless zones
D) nuclear power
- 12. materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
A) natural resources
B) nuclear power
C) urban areas
D) emissions
- 13. generates electricity using the heat produced when atoms split
A) sulfur dioxide
B) emissions
C) nuclear power
D) air pollution
- 14. In Ukraine a nuclear reactor exploded at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station. Tons of radioactive material surrounded the plant, poisoning the land and water. It is the worst nuclear accident in history and thousands were and continue to be impacted by the disaster.
A) Great Smog of 1952
B) Effects of Acid Rain
C) Natural Resources
D) Chernobyl Disaster
- 15. contaminated farmland, surface water, and groundwater.
A) natural resources
B) urban areas
C) smokeless zones
D) environmental effects of a nuclear disaster
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