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SS6G8: Europe
Environmental Issues of Europe
Question | Answer |
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Acid rain | rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes |
Air pollution | the presence in or introduction into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects |
Fossil fuels | a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms |
Emissions | the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation |
Smog | fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants |
Nuclear power | electric or motive power generated by a nuclear reactor |
Radiation | the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization |
Contaminated | having been made impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance |
Germany | The Black forest is dying due to acid rain in this country |
United Kingdom | air pollution is a problem in this country |
Chernobyl | the place where a nuclear reactor blew up in Ukraine |