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) environmental issues
C) urban areas
D) nuclear power
- 2. rain mixed with pollutants in the air
A) acid rain
B) nuclear power
C) natural resources
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) urban areas
B) effects of acid rain
C) smokeless zones
D) emissions
- 4. the air is polluted by emissions from factories or from homes burning coal for heat
A) nuclear power
B) air pollution
C) Chernobyl Disaster
D) natural resources
- 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) sulfur dioxide
B) acid rain
C) urban areas
D) nuclear power
- 7. air pollutants from cars and trucks (carbon monoxide and nitrous oxides) and from ozone
A) acid rain
B) emissions
C) natural resources
D) Chernobyl Disaster
- 8. cities and municipalities with population density at least 500 persons per sq. km.
A) ozone
B) urban areas
C) natural resources
D) emissions
- 9. a visible haze of air pollution over cities
A) smog
B) Chernobyl Disaster
C) urban areas
D) acid rain
- 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) Ozone
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) nuclear power
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) urban areas
B) natural resources
C) emissions
D) nuclear power
- 13. generates electricity using the heat produced when atoms split
A) nuclear power
B) sulfur dioxide
C) air pollution
D) emissions
- 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) Chernobyl Disaster
C) Effects of Acid Rain
D) Great Smog of 1952
- 15. contaminated farmland, surface water, and groundwater.
A) urban areas
B) environmental effects of a nuclear disaster
C) natural resources
D) smokeless zones
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