Environmental Issues in Latin America

In Latin America we have been discussing two different environmental issues. What are they?

• Air pollution & Smog

• Smog & Acid Rain

• Acid Rain & Deforestation

• Air pollution & Deforestation

Which of the following is responsible for 70% of the destruction of the rainforest?

• crops

• need for highways

• cattle ranching

• mining

What country is the air pollution located?

• United States

• Brazil

• Mexico

• Colombia

_____________ ___ projects have been responsible for flooding significant areas of the rain forest.

• Hydroelectric dam

• Slash & burn

• Gold Mining

• Global warming

What was the driving force behind the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest?

• Economic gain

• Agricultural expansion

• Livestock grazing

• Population growth

The Amazon Rainforest supplies a vast amount of the world's oxygen. Because of this, the rainforest is nicknamed what?

• Ozone of the Earth

• Breath of the Earth

• Lungs of the Earth

• Respiratory system of the Earth

Deforestation is happening in which rainforest?

• New Guinea Rainforest

• Amazon Rainforest

• Atlantic Forest

• Tongass National Forest

How do the Sierra Madre Mountains contribute to Mexico City's air pollution?

• They produce harmful gases.

• They act as a wall & trap in the pollution.

• They speed up global warming which contributes to the air pollution.

• They allow air to flow through the city which causes the air pollution to spread.

Which country is the Amazon Rainforest primarily located in?

• Brazil

• Colombia

• Peru

• Ecuador

Digging huge pits into the Earth from mining is destroying ________.

• lumber.

• the soil.

• habitats.

• minerals.