SS6G9a Environmental issues in Europe.
Name: _____________________________________
Acid rain in
Germany
What is it?
What are the
causes
Sulfur and nitrogen found
in rain that damages the
environment
Smoke from factories and
power plants
Burning of fossil fuels
Exhaust from vehicles
Affects on the
environment
Eats holes in surfaces of
buildings.
Damages soil and trees
Pollutes rivers (Danube)
Kills wildlife
Affects on
neighbors
Air current carries the acid
rain to countries that
border Germany.
Also carried down stream
via the river.
Solutions to
the problem
Date: ________________________
Air Pollution
in the UK
Pollution caused by
sunlight acting on gases
from cars and factories,
SMOG
Smoke and sulfer dioxide
from burning fossil fuels.
Exhaust from cars and
trucks
Manufacturing
Coal Burning
Asthma and pneumonia
Smog
Endangers human life
Threatens wildlife
Blackens buildings
Causes acid rain in
Germany
Air currents carry pollution
to other countries.
Cleaner coal
Stricter emission laws.
Stricter government laws
Use of water power instead
on emssions
of coal.
Government checks air
Cleaner fuels
quality
Use new types of energy
Asks citizens to drive less
(wind and solar power)
and use cleaner energy.
Filter smoke stacks
Nuclear
Radiation in
Chernobyl
Nuclear Power Station
where a nuclear reactor
exploded releasing tons
radiation into the
environment.
Reactor was faulty and
being misused
Poisoned air, water, trees,
and land.
Cancer, mutations, death in
people & animals.
30 mile area around plant
abandoned
Certain areas still unlivable
today.
Radioactive material
entered the air into
northern Europe and
Scandinavia.
Reactors encased in
cement.
Debate continues