Ganges River Worksheet

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Ganges River Worksheet
1. By what name is the Ganges River known as?
2. What is used for fertilizer and fuel?
3. When are tornadoes (Cyclones/Cyclonic Weather) common?
4. Why are tiger attacks common along the river? (2 reasons!)
5. What is the life long ambition for Hindus? Why?
6. Can “tap” water be made holy? How?
7. How did the Ganges River increase cash crops?
8. Where do they still depend on the fiver as a waterway to transport cash crops?
9. What 3 things have caused the river to be so dangerously polluted?
10. Why are the river dolphins blind?
11. How have they adapted to living in the river?
12. What 5 factors have caused the population to drop and be placed on the endangered species list?
Atmospheric Brown Cloud Worksheet
1. What are aerosols?
2. How high up in the air did the aerosols spread?
3. How large of an area did it spread?
4 What areas did the cloud cover?
5. What components make up the aerosols? (6 things)
6. What evidence is found that points to pollution as a cause?
7. What carries the cloud off shore, thus shading the ocean?
8. How is the ocean being affected by the cloud?
(Look in last 3 paragraphs.)
Ganges River Worksheet
1. By what name is the Ganges River known as?
2. What is used for fertilizer and fuel?
3. When are tornadoes (Cyclones/Cyclonic Weather) common?
4. Why are tiger attacks common along the river? (2 reasons!)
5. What is the life long ambition for Hindus? Why?
6. Can “tap” water be made holy? How?
7. How did the Ganges River increase cash crops?
8. Where do they still depend on the fiver as a waterway to transport cash crops?
9. What 3 things have caused the river to be so dangerously polluted?
10. Why are the river dolphins blind?
11. How have they adapted to living in the river?
12. What 5 factors have caused the population to drop and be placed on the endangered species list?
Atmospheric Brown Cloud Worksheet
1. What are aerosols?
2. How high up in the air did the aerosols spread?
3. How large of an area did it spread?
4 What areas did the cloud cover?
5. What components make up the aerosols? (6 things)
6. What evidence is found that points to pollution as a cause?
7. What carries the cloud off shore, thus shading the ocean?
8. How is the ocean being affected by the cloud?
(Look in last 3 paragraphs.)
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