Environmental

Issues of Europe

SS6G9 The student will

discuss environmental
a.issues
Explain the
concerns of
inmajor
Europe.

Europeans regarding the issues such as

acid rain in Germany, air pollution in
the United Kingdom, and the nuclear
disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Student will be able to:

Explain the impact of acid rain, air

pollution and the Chernobyl Nuclear

Disaster on the economies and
population of Europe.

Environmental Issue____________________________________________________
Causes

Effects

Event
(Important Facts)

Solutions?

Name: ____________________
Causes

Car __________
(_________ and particles
which are put into the
______ by various
sources.

_____________

Other _______
____________

Date: _________

Event
(Important Information)

Acid Rain

________smoke or ________
exhaust containing _______
dioxide and ________ oxides
go up into the atmosphere
and come back down to
earth in the form of harmful
precipitation (_____, ____,
etc.) ______ deposits also fall
from the ____ when there is
no precipitation.

Solutions?

____________ emission (how

much pollution can be let
out in the air)
________________-renewable
energy resource that uses
the Earth's water cycle to
generate electricity

Period: ______
Effects

Kills ________

Pollutes _______

Kills _________
and other plants.
Destroys
________ and
monuments.
_______ deposits
from _____ rain
are
_______through
the air causing
_____ rain in other
_______ in ______

Acid Rain: Caused by

these

Acid Rain: Results in this

Acid Rain in Germany

What causes acid rain?
Acid rain occurs when factories smoke or

vehicles exhaust containing sulfur

dioxide and nitrogen oxides go up into the
atmosphere
It comes back down to earth in the form
of harmful precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)

Event: Acid Rain in Germany

Causes:
car emissions (gases and particles

which are put into the air by various

sources)
factories emissions
other air pollution
Effects:
kills animals
pollutes water, kills forests and other
plants
destroys buildings and monuments

Germans afraid of this

Black Forest in Germany

becoming this

Solution: Acid Rain

stronger emissions laws

(how
much pollution can be let out in the air)

Hydroelectricity-renewable energy
resource that uses the Earth's water cycle
to generate electricity

Hydroelectricity: Human/Environmental
Interaction: Depending on our environment.

Environmental Issue___________________________________________________
Causes

Effects

Event
(Important Facts)

Solutions?

Name: ____________________

Causes

_______ burning
in homes (Great
_______ of 1952)
sent _____ into
the air, mixed
with _____;
creating smog

Vehicle
_________

Date: _________

Event
(Important Information)
Air Pollution
Related to ______ rain. Air
________ rises into the air and
returns as ______ rain in the
form of _____________ or dry
______. ______ pollution is
carried from the U.K. to other
countries by _______currents
resulting in acid rain in those
countries.
U.K. has very bad _____
pollution. Air pollution
includes _______, _________,
and ________ (a mixture of
_________ and _________.

Solutions?

Local __________

Government _________ air

quality. ________. _______
coals and using more
__________. Newer cars
produce less _______ and
people drive les

Period: ______

Effects

Hurts _______
through _______
rain.

Hurts
___________

Hurts _______
(burns the ______,
_______, and
_______ forcing
senior _______ and
________ to stay
indoors.

Event: Air Pollution in the U.K.

How are acid rain and air
pollution related?
Related to acid rain
Air pollution rises into the air
and returns as acid rain in the
form of precipitation
Air pollution is carried from the
U.K. to other countries by air
currents
The UK has very bad air
pollution
Air pollution includes smoke,
dust, and smog (mixture of
smoke and fog)

Air Pollution in the United Kingdom

Causes:
coal-burning in homes (Great Smog of 1952)
sending ash into the air
vehicle emissions
local factories
Effects:
hurts plants through acid rain
hurts atmosphere
hurts humans (burns the lungs, nose and eyes
forcing senior citizens and children to stay indoors)

Air Pollution
$It cost a country money$
Respiratory disease= greater healthcare costs
Damage to buildings resulting in money having
to be spent to renovate

Closure of many factories resulting in loss

wages.

Money has to be spent on improving public

transportation to reduce number of vehicles on

road therefore reducing emissions.

SolutionsGovernment monitors air quality

Newer cars produce

Air Quality Monitoring

Station

less exhaust and

people drive less.
Kyoto Protocol- an
agreement between
countries to reduce
pollution
Stricter laws on
pollution

Environmental Issue_____________________________________________________
Causes

Effects

Event
(Important Facts)

Solutions?

Name: ____________________
Causes

___________
government
was not
careful

_________
reactor design

________ with
poorly trained
workers.

Date: _________

Event
(Important Information)

Period: _____

Effects

Land ___________
and
contamination
(Europe farmers)

Chernobyl Nuclear
Disaster
______ Nuclear
accident
Estimates: up to
_______ will die from
________ radiation.
_________ had to be
resettled. Radiation
spread throughout
other countries by air
currents.

Solutions?

Economic impact
on East and North
_______ _________:
radioactive particles stirred
up by or resulting from a
nuclear explosion and
descending through the
atmosphere

_________ issueshigh rates of

_______, birth
defects, ________

Event: Important Information:

Chernobyl (Ukraine)

April 26, 1986 Nuclear accident

Estimates: up to 5,000 will die due to cancer
from radiation
336,000 had to be resettled
Most areas now considered safe

Chernobyl after the

disaster

Whole cities had to be

abandoned due to radiation

Before
After

Evacuation

Effects:
Red
Forest

The Pripyat Fun Fair

was scheduled to
begin May 1st. The
ferries wheel
remains one of the
most irradiated
parts of Pripyat
since the disaster,
making it still

400m away from the reactor

0.623 rt/m2

Average radiation level of a

Non-contaminated area:
0.010 rt/m2

Event: Chernobyl Nuclear

Disaster in Ukraine
Cause:
communist government was not careful
defective reactor design
was operated with poorly trained
workers
Effect: Nuclear accident at Chernobyl

Land evacuation and contamination (Europe farmers, )

Heath issues- high rates of cancer, birth defects, death
Nuclear Fallout- radioactive particles stirred up by or
resulting from a nuclear explosion and descending
through the atmosphere

Event: Important Information: Chernobyl (Ukraine)

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

April 26, 1986

spread to surrounding countries by

air currents.
still effects people and land TODAY!
worst in history

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

in Ukraine
29 years later: Still
Dangerous and
Empty!

Chernobyl-Solutions
No permanent solution-still radiative today 29

years later!
Buried the reactor in concrete.
payments to victims-new homes, jobs, clothes
furniture- everything had to be left behind
Paid medical costs for those who were sick

 Journal Writing: Use Thinking Map

Choose one Environmental Concern

Compose 1 paragraph that answers:
1.Where does it occur in Europe?
2.What are the causes?
3.What are the effects?
4.What is being done to solve the problem?
5.How well or poorly did the country solve the
problem?
Pay attention to: Grammar, Punctuation,
Sentence structure!
Less than 3 Complete sentences: 70%
3-5 Complete sentences: 85%
6-7 Complete sentences: 100%