Europe Environmental Issues

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

• People quit burning trees.

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

• The king made everyone go into their basement.

• The government sent everyone to work regardless of the smog.

What is smog?

• A mixture of rain and gas.

• A mixture of smoke and natural gas.

• A mixture of phosphorus and oxygen found in the air.

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

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

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

• banning cars

• requiring people to wear masks to prevent damage from air pollution

• pass laws to regulate emissions from factories and car emissions

• ignorng the problem

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

• higher

• lower

• the same as

How does the UK government keep the citizens informed?

• The government releases air pollution forecasts on a regular basis.

• The government hosts classes to educate citizens

• The government has stopped all air pollution

• All of the above

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

• vehicle emissions

• logging and mining

• acid rain

• burning coal or other fossil fuels

Which illnesses are linked to poor air quality?

• asthma

• pneumonia

• congestive heart failure

• bothe pneumonia and asthma

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

• At the Edwin Hatch nuclear power point in Baxley, Georgia

• At the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Chernobyl

• Joseph Farley nuclear power plant n Columbia, Alabama

• Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant in Tennessee Valley

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

• radiation

• exclusion zone

• fallout

• disaster