Europe Environmental Issues
- 1. faced by every country on the planet; can be caused by poor practices in the past by local industries
A) smokeless zones
B) urban areas
C) nuclear power
D) environmental issues
- 2. rain mixed with pollutants in the air
A) nuclear power
B) natural resources
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) emissions
B) urban areas
C) effects of acid rain
D) smokeless zones
- 4. the air is polluted by emissions from factories or from homes burning coal for heat
A) natural resources
B) Chernobyl Disaster
C) nuclear power
D) air pollution
- 5. forms when air pollutants mix and react with sunlight to form smog
A) ozone
B) smokeless zones
C) nuclear power
D) urban areas
- 6. brown coal which is burned emits this gas
A) urban areas
B) acid rain
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) urban areas
B) natural resources
C) emissions
D) ozone
- 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) Smokeless Zone
B) Chernobyl Disaster
C) Great Smog of 1952
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) emissions
B) smokeless zones
C) smog
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) nuclear power
B) urban areas
C) natural resources
D) emissions
- 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) Natural Resources
B) Great Smog of 1952
C) Effects of Acid Rain
D) Chernobyl Disaster
- 15. contaminated farmland, surface water, and groundwater.
A) natural resources
B) environmental effects of a nuclear disaster
C) urban areas
D) smokeless zones
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