Student Notes for SS7G10
Pollution in the Ganges River
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________________used in farming and industry __________ into the river.
Human and animal _____________ are also dumped into the water because _____________ from the
cities is not treated
______________ remains are also put into the Ganges.
Several _______________ have been spread due to the pollution. These include cholera,
______________, typhoid and hepatitis
Efforts to clean up
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_____ ______________ ______________ _________ was started in 1985 to clean the river.
Water ___________________plants are being built to clean up sewage and waste.
World Health Organization is planning to donate _____ million to help
Yangtze Pollution-causes
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__________________ waste is dumped into rivers
_______________ & phosphates from _____________ increase the production of _________
Phosphates _________________ the fish that people then eat
Effects
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The _____________ uses _________________that fish need.
This leads to the ___________ of the fish.
People are getting ____________ from eating the fish.
There is an increase in the number of birth ______________ and cancer.
Air Pollution in China
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Cause
____ of the world's ____ most polluted cities
are in ________
Causes for pollution ~
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o For industry and heating homes.
o Coal is cheap but pollutes the air.
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Vehicles
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Effect
up to 656,000 ___________ deaths each
year
_______damage and Climate _________
Only ____ of people in cities breathe
________air
Beijing Municipal Protection Agency was
formed to help __________ ________
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Air pollution in India:
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Cause
The capital city of New Delhi is one of the
top 10 _______ _________ cities in the
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vehicular ___________
_______ dust
Untreated _____________ smoke
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Effect
_______ rainfall
Fewer __________
_________ temperatures
527,700 ___________ a year
Heart and lung __________
In both China and India:
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The Haze from pollution known as “__________ ___________ _________”
They may cause ___________in climate such as ___________ of rainfall & _______________
Flooding in India and China:
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CAUSE
Heavy rainfall in __________ season
o _______overflow banks
Deforestation
o no trees to ________water
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EFFECT
__________ [Worst Recorded Flood:
Huang He River, China, August 1931
(3,700,000 people)]
_________/villages ____________
Possessions________
Fertile land ______________ away
Solutions:
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Levees
Reservoirs
**Now that we have taken notes, compare and contrast pollution in the Ganges River and the Yangtze River
and air pollution in India and China. You can create a Venn Diagram (FOR EACH) if you would like. Use pages
134-138 in CRCT book to help you.
Ganges River
Pollution
Air pollution in
India
Yangtze River
Pollution
Air pollution in
China