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