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European Environmental Issues
Test Description: What do you know about environmental issues?
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Acid rain is an environmental issue for which country?
A
United Kingdom
B
Germany
C
Russia
D
Ukraine
2) The nuclear disaster in Chernobyl is located in which country?
A
Germany
B
France
C
United Kingdom
D
Ukraine
3) Which country experienced the Great Smog of 1952 that is believed to have caused over 12,000 deaths.
A
France
B
Ukraine
C
United Kingdom
D
Germany
4) Which problem is associated with the debate about nuclear power?
A
acid rain
B
deforestation
C
having enough oil to run nuclear power plants
D
disposing of nuclear waste
5) Why were other countries concerned about the disaster?
A
Chernobyl was immediately closed.
B
Radioactive material fell on other countries.
C
The cost of nuclear power increased.
D
They did not have room for the sick people in their hospitals.
6) Which was an effect of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl?
A
All the nuclear power plants in the world were closed.
B
Drinking water was unsafe for months.
C
People and animals did not get sick.
D
Forests got healthier than they had been.
7) How does nature play a role in Germany’s acid rain problem?
A
Germany has many buildings that are being destroyed by the chemicals in the acid rain.
B
The rivers of southwestern Germany are used to make electricity
C
The poisonous emissions from cars cause acid rain.
D
Air currents carry toxic smoke from other countries’ factories to Germany.
8) What are the main causes of acid rain?
A
farms and forests
B
coal burning factories and automobile emissions
C
water power and electricity
D
solar power and wind turbines blowing the poison gases
9) Which situation is an effect of acid rain?
A
cleaner rivers
B
buildings and statues that look new
C
diseased forests
D
increased automobile manufacturing
10) Which solution to Germany’s acid rain problem would be the most challenging?
A
increasing the use of wind and solar power
B
reducing automobile emissions
C
changing from coal-burning power plants to water-powered ones
D
getting other countries to stop using fossil fuels
11) What is the main cause of air pollution in the United Kingdom today?
A
London smog
B
automobile exhaust emissions
C
use of fossil fuels
D
factory smoke
12) Which was created after the Great Smog of 1952?
A
an industrial revolution
B
the ban on coal fires
C
King Edward’s ban on coal fires
D
London’s smokeless zones
13) Which solution began to reduce air pollution in the United Kingdom?
A
the ban on coal fires
B
the link between asthma and vehicle exhaust
C
the development of cleaner coal
D
acid rain in Western Europe
14) What steps were taken by the government to make the reactor safe?
A
The reactor was taken apart.
B
The reactor was buried in concrete.
C
The government quit using nuclear power.
D
The reactor was moved to the exclusion zone.
15) Which is one of the United Kingdom’s solutions to the air pollution problem?
A
restricting driving miles
B
monitoring air quality
C
keeping drivers from using gasoline in their cars
D
allowing factories to pollute without monitoring
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