Acid Rain in Germany

Question 1

Over the past 30 years, what has ruined much of the forest in southwestern Germany as well as damaged the soil and trees growing in it?

Answer 1

acid rain

Question 2

Many of the diseased tress in the Black Forest are at risk of ______________ because of acid rain.

Answer 2

dying

Question 3

What is found in acid rain that eats holes in the surfaces of statues and buildings?

Answer 3

sulfur and nitrogen

Question 4

Acid rain pollutes rivers in Germany like the _______________ and the ________________, and kills the wildlife living there.

Answer 4

Danube River and Rhine River

Question 5

What is the main source of acid rain in Germany?

Answer 5

smoke from factories and power plants

Question 6

What fuels do factories and power plants burn?

Answer 6

natural gas, coal, and oil

Question 7

What doe cars and buses burn that produce dangerous gases too?

Answer 7

gasoline and diesel

Question 8

Germany is one of the leading exporters of cars, steel, and chemical products and these industries have mostly _____________ factories.

Answer 8

coal-buring

Question 9

The toxic smoke from manufacturing plants is carried by ________________ to other places that share borders with Germany before it falls to earth as acid rain.

Answer 9

air currents

Question 10

In southern Germany, plants that use _____________ from streams and rivers in the region are replacing many coal-burning factories.

Answer 10

water power

Question 11

The German government has passed laws to reduce emissions from automobiles and factories are switching to _________________.

Answer 11

cleaner fuels

Question 12

In 2007, Germany as a European Union member, promised to increase its use of cleaner, renewable energy by ______________- percent and its goal is decreased the use of fossil fuels like coal and oil.

Answer 12

20%

Question 13

Germany is developing new types of energy and it is the leading producer of ____________ and _____________ in the world.

Answer 13

wind turbines and solar power technology

Question 14

____________, the capital of the United Kingdom, is famous for air pollution.

Answer 14

London

Question 15

This word was first used in 1905 in London. This is air pollution caused by sunlight acting on gases from automobile and factory exhausts.

Answer 15

smog

Question 16

During this, the smog was so dense that, for four days, the people of London could not see what was in front of them. Transportation slowed, crime increased, and thousands of people died from pollution. People around the world became frightened and began to worry about air quality.

Answer 16

Great Smog of 1952

Question 17

What are the United Kingdom’s major natural resources?

Answer 17

oil, natural gas, and coal

Question 18

This began around the coalfields where fuel was cheap and available

Answer 18

Industrial Revolution

Question 19

Even though the use of coal is decreasing, what other problem does it cause for the workers in cal mining?

Answer 19

Few jobs for workers

Question 20

Today, exhaust from gasoline an diesel-powered vehicles is the major problem and _____________ and _____________ are linked to vehicle emissions.

Answer 20

Asthma and pneumonia

Question 21

After the Great Smog, the government created these in London where only smokeless fuels could be used.

Answer 21

smokeless zones

Question 22

Cleaner coals, increased use of electricity, and use of gas have reduced air pollution and today the government sets ______________ for industry.

Answer 22

limits

Question 23

Laws have forced automakers to build vehicles that produce less harmful exhaust and the government regularly checks ___________.

Answer 23

air quality

Question 24

Air pollution in the United Kingdom continues to cause ___________________ in many countries in Western Europe.

Answer 24

acid rain

Question 25

What year did the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine have one of its nuclear reactors explode sending tons of radioactive material into the air, falling on northern Europe and Scandinavia and poisoning the land and water.

Answer 25

1986

Question 26

This was unsafe for months after the Chernobyl accident and fish in the rivers of the Ukraine and neighboring countries were not safe to eat for years.

Answer 26

drinking water

Question 27

The 30 mile area around the Chernobyl power station was abandoned by humans and became known as the ___________________.

Answer 27

Exclusion zone

Question 28

The faulty nuclear reactor was quickly buried in _____________________, but this structure requires major work and the radioactive material is still not safe.

Answer 28

concrete.