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