Izzie Ss Europe Enviromental Issues

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Germany’s most severe environmental issue is what

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Acid rain

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Precipitation that is polluted by sulfuric acid and nitric acid

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Acid rain

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How does acid rain occur

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When cars, factories and power plants burn coal and oil

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How does acid rain damage things

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Destroys trees, chemically Weathers the surfaces of statues, tombstone, buildings and Bridges

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The affects of acid rain destroyed over half of what in Germany

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The black forest

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With the destruction of the black forest from acid rain how does that impact Germany’s economy

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Timber is a major source of Germany’s economy and money from timber fell dramatically because of the lack of this natural resource

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What has Germany done to improve their environmental issue

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They have raise standards very high by developing more efficient cars and alternative fuel sources

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How is Germany updating its power plants to improve its environmental issues

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Updating with newer technology is that release a fraction of the pollutants of their predecessors and using energy sources as solar power plants and wind turbines

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Resultant of air pollution. The burning a fossil fuels releases different chemicals into the air. The chemicals mix with water in the clouds

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Acid rain

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True or false

Acid rain is not acidic enough to burn your skin but it’s very harmful for the environment

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True

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How does acid rain affect the environment

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Pollutes lakes rivers and streams

Contaminates drinking water, harms trees plants and aquatic life, damages buildings and statues made a brick and stone work overtime

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Ukraine’s environmental issue is what

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Nuclear radiation

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It gives off raise of energy or particles by breaking apart of atoms of certain element

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Radioactive

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What does exposure to something radioactive do

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It weekends and brakes of DNA, either damaging sells enough to kill them or causing them to mutate and ways that may eventually lead to cancer

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The area around what in Ukraine became radioactive in 1986

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A nuclear power plant

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What at a nuclear power plant overheated and exploded releasing toxic chemicals into the atmosphere

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A reactor

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How many days went by without Ukraine warning the world of the environmental disaster

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Three

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The main environmental effects of the Ukraine environmental disaster was what

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Contamination to land and water and the Soviet union, eastern Europe, and Scandinavia

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Since the explosion at Chernobyl The power plant has been buried in white

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Concrete because this blocks the radiation

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Since the Ukraine disaster Ukraine has been use of what

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Nuclear power

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Ukraine is currently using alternate sources of energy such as what

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Solar, when, bio, and Hydro power plants

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The United Kingdom’s main environmental issue is what

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Air pollution

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A mixture of solid particles and gases in the air

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Air pollution

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When ozone forms air pollution it is also called what

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Smog

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What causes air pollution

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Car emissions and chemicals from factories

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In the past UK is air pollution was caused by what

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Citizens burning coal in their homes for heat

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Today the UK is air pollution is cause mostly from what

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Emissions from cars and trucks

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Air pollution has been linked to medical problems in the UK such as what

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Asthma, respiratory conditions, pneumonia

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The United Kingdom has the highest rates of white and all of Europe

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Asthma

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How is the United Kingdom trying to reduce air pollution

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Raising standards for new car emissions and requiring factories to filter harmful pollutants from smokestacks

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True or false

Air pollution in the United Kingdom is consistently higher than the legal or recommended levels by the world health organization

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True

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This happens when sunlight ask on the gas is from factory or automobile exhaust or one water in the air mixes with smoke particles

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Take London smog

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How is air pollution harmful to vegetation

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Vegetation exposed to polluted air for long periods of time grows more slowly and is more susceptible to disease and insects

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The United Kingdom air pollution causes problems for nearby countries because of what

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The air pollution is carried by wind

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What country is the seventh largest countryAnd is located in central Europe and has the largest economy in Europe

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Germany

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The climate of western Germany is warm in the summer months with mild winters because of what

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The gulf stream

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What is the temperature and east Germany like

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Much colder winters and longer hotter summers

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This nation also has large deposits of coal and iron oreWhich supports both it’s automotive and energy industries

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Germany

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Why are most of Germany’s population centers located near the Rhine River

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The Rhine River plays a major role in transporting goods and people across the country

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What is Germany’s largest population center

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Berlin. Which is the capital and located in eastern Germany

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Located off the coast of Western Europe and is north of the English channel it is made up of Great Britain northern Ireland Scotland and Wales

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The United Kingdom

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Known as the international banking and insurance center of the world

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The United Kingdom

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Who is the UK is number one trading partner

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United States

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What is the climate of the United Kingdom

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Mild climate with rainfall throughout the year has four seasons winter which is Mountain wet, summer which is warmer in the south

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What are the major natural resources of the United Kingdom

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Call, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore

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Half of the land in the UK is used for what

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Farms

The UK produce a 60% of its own food

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Half of the land in the UK is used for what

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Farms

The UK produce a 60% of its own food

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The highest population of the United Kingdom is found where

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In urban areas where mining and service jobs are available

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Where in the United Kingdom has the highest population density

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London

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Russia spans how many continents

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2

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America and Russia are only 3 miles apart across the what

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Bering straight

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What is the climate of Russia

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It has two seasons winter and summer the hottest is July and the coldest is January

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What is the average yearly temperature of Russia

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Below freezing

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What area are usually frozen much of the year due to extreme cold in Russia

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Seaports

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Most resources such as lumber, gold, aluminum ore, and iron are found in what part of Russia

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Ural Mountains

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Russia is capital ———— Has the largest population

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Moscow