Europe Environmental Issues
- 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) smokeless zones
D) environmental issues
- 2. rain mixed with pollutants in the air
A) ozone
B) acid rain
C) natural resources
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) emissions
C) smokeless zones
D) urban areas
- 4. the air is polluted by emissions from factories or from homes burning coal for heat
A) air pollution
B) nuclear power
C) Chernobyl Disaster
D) natural resources
- 5. forms when air pollutants mix and react with sunlight to form smog
A) ozone
B) nuclear power
C) smokeless zones
D) urban areas
- 6. brown coal which is burned emits this gas
A) nuclear power
B) sulfur dioxide
C) acid rain
D) urban areas
- 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) natural resources
B) urban areas
C) emissions
D) ozone
- 9. a visible haze of air pollution over cities
A) urban areas
B) acid rain
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) Chernobyl Disaster
B) Smokeless Zone
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) smokeless zones
C) emissions
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) nuclear power
C) natural resources
D) emissions
- 13. generates electricity using the heat produced when atoms split
A) air pollution
B) sulfur dioxide
C) emissions
D) nuclear power
- 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) Chernobyl Disaster
B) Effects of Acid Rain
C) Natural Resources
D) Great Smog of 1952
- 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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