- 1. faced by every country on the planet; can be caused by poor practices in the past by local industries
A) urban areas
B) nuclear power
C) environmental issues
D) smokeless zones
- 2. rain mixed with pollutants in the air
A) natural resources
B) ozone
C) acid rain
D) nuclear power
- 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) effects of acid rain
B) smokeless zones
C) urban areas
D) emissions
- 4. the air is polluted by emissions from factories or from homes burning coal for heat
A) Chernobyl Disaster
B) air pollution
C) natural resources
D) nuclear power
- 5. forms when air pollutants mix and react with sunlight to form smog
A) ozone
B) smokeless zones
C) urban areas
D) nuclear power
- 6. brown coal which is burned emits this gas
A) nuclear power
B) urban areas
C) sulfur dioxide
D) acid rain
- 7. air pollutants from cars and trucks (carbon monoxide and nitrous oxides) and from ozone
A) acid rain
B) emissions
C) Chernobyl Disaster
D) natural resources
- 8. cities and municipalities with population density at least 500 persons per sq. km.
A) ozone
B) natural resources
C) urban areas
D) emissions
- 9. a visible haze of air pollution over cities
A) Chernobyl Disaster
B) acid rain
C) smog
D) urban areas
- 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) Great Smog of 1952
B) Smokeless Zone
C) Ozone
D) Chernobyl Disaster
- 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) urban areas
B) emissions
C) nuclear power
D) natural resources
- 13. generates electricity using the heat produced when atoms split
A) nuclear power
B) emissions
C) sulfur dioxide
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) Effects of Acid Rain
B) Great Smog of 1952
C) Natural Resources
D) Chernobyl Disaster
- 15. contaminated farmland, surface water, and groundwater.
A) natural resources
B) smokeless zones
C) environmental effects of a nuclear disaster
D) urban areas
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