Europe Environmental Issues

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The Great Smog of 1952 happened in the United Kingdom. What was the outcome of this event?

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People could hardly see, crime increased, and some died.

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What is smog?

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A mixture of vehicle exhaust and factory smoke mixed with fog.

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Which factors caused air pollution in the United Kingdom? overcrowding widespread use of motor vehicles, chemicals from factories processing oil, natural gas, and coal, car emissions, all of the above

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all of the above

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What is the United Kingdom doing to help lower the air pollution rates?

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pass laws to regulate emissions from factories and car emissions

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Air pollution in the UK is consistently ____________ than the legal or recommended levels by the World Health Organization.

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higher

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How does the UK government keep the citizens informed?

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The government releases air pollution forecasts on a regular basis.

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Which is the main source of air pollution TODAY in the United Kingdom?

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vehicle emissions

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Which illnesses are linked to poor air quality? Options: asthma, pneumonia, congestive heart failure, bothe pneumonia and asthma

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bothe pneumonia and asthma

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Where did one of the worst nuclear disasters in history take place?

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At the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Chernobyl

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A _____________ is radioactive particles forced into the atmosphere, then settle back on the ground.

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fallout