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Environmental issues in Europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acid rain | pollution from factories and vehicles combined with rain that falls to the earth and decays buildings and statues, pollutes rivers, destroys vegetation, and kills wildlife. |
| air pollution | smoke from factories and cars or any vehicle's exhaust system |
| smog | smoke and fog combined |
| Great Smog of 1952 | People in London, England couldn't see what was in front of them for 4 days because the smog was so bad. Transportation slowed down and crime increased. |
| Effects of air pollution on humans | asthma, lung cancer, pneumonia, sore eyes and throat, headaches, skin diseases |
| Effects of air pollution on environment | crops and forests are damaged; ozone layer is destroyed; creates acid rain and can block out the sun |
| Chernobyl, Ukraine | the location of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters on April 26, 1986; millions of people, animals, and the environment were exposed to unsafe radiation levels |
| United Kingdom | known for its air pollution (in the top 10 for worst polluters caused by industrial emissions) |
| Germany | Place where acid rain caused the destruction of many of its forests; promised to increase use of clean, renewable energy by 20% |
| Primary causes of air pollution | vehicle exhaust (car exhaust), factory emissions, deforestation |
| exclusion zone | a 30 mile radius around the nuclear plant at Chernobyl where humans are not allowed to enter without government permission |
| smokeless zones | areas in the United Kingdom where only fuels that produce no smoke are allowed to be used |
| nuclear reactor | a machine used at nuclear power plants to generate electricity |
| Effects of air pollution on animals | causes animals to migrate from their natural habitat; causes diseases, damages animals' natural habitat |
| What happens when exposed to radiation? | it causes mutations in cells, abnormalities and birth defects which can be passed from one generation to the next in both humans and animals |
| After-effects of Chernobyl nuclear disaster | 1/10 of the land and over a million people were exposed to unsafe radiation levels, winds blew radiation to other countries causing widespread contamination, drinking water unsafe for months, livestock and wildlife contaminated causing food shortages |
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