Warm Up KWL Chart Air pollution acid rain

Warm Up K-W-L Chart: Air pollution, acid rain, and nuclear disaster Create a K-W-L chart, and under your kcolumn, write down anything you already know about air pollution, acid rain, and/or nuclear disaster. Next, write down anything you would like to know about the topics. K- Already Know W-Would Like to Know L

What New Things Are We About to LEARN? ? ? ? Standard: SS 6 G 9: The student will discuss the environmental issues in Europe. What Should You Be Able to do with this Standard? ? ? -EXPLAIN how acid rain (Germany), air pollution (UK), and nuclear disaster (Ukraine) have impacted European countries.

Note-taking: Create a Flip Booklet Please listen carefully to my instructions!!!

Front Cover • Problem? • Causes? • Effects? • Solutions?

Environmental Issues In Europe • Acid Rain in Germany • Air Pollution in the United Kingdom • Nuclear Disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine

Problem - Acid Rain In Germany • is rain, snow, sleet, or other wet precipitation that is polluted by acids such as sulfuric and nitric acids. • Causes caused chiefly from the burning of coal, gas, and oil by cars, factories, and power plants

Effects of Acid Rain In Germany • harms the environment over large areas: a) can damage statues, buildings, and bridges, b) has killed entire fish populations in lakes, c) can harm forests and soil

Areas Where Acid Rain Is A Major Problem • Central Europe- Germany is hit particularly hard by this problem because of their large industrial based of their economy. • Scandinavia • Eastern North America

Solutions -Pollution Management German government passed laws to reduce emissions from automobiles and factories. • Some factories developed devices that remove harmful particles from smokestack emissions, such as filters, by traps that use static electricity, or by devices called scrubbers that wash out particles with chemical sprays.

Checking For Understanding (CFU) Q/A How has acid rain harmed Germany’s environment? ? ? Explain.

Video Clip: Acid Rain • Please listen attentively to the video. Also, any additional facts you obtain from the video, write them down in your flipbook on the back cover (additional notes).

Please turn in your COMPLETED flipbook!!! Write your name on the back!! WARM UP Write all the statements/problems that are caused by acid rain in Germany. 1. ) ___ Trees damaged or killed 2. ) ___ Fish die 3. ) ___ Brick and stonework buildings damaged 4. ) ___ Average temperature getting colder 5. ) ___ Fewer schools built

1. How does nature play a role in Germany’s acid rain problem? • A. the poisonous emissions from cars cause acid rain. • B. Air currents carry toxic smoke from other countries’ factories to Germany. • C. The rivers of southwestern germany are used to make electricity for other countries. • D. Germany has many buildings that are being destroyed by the chemicals in the acid rain.

2. What are the main causes of acid rain? • A. farms and forests • B. water power and electricity • C. coal burning factories and automobile emissions • D. solar power and wind turbines blowing the poison gases.

3. Which situation is an effect of acid rain? • A. cleaner rivers • B. diseased forests • C. buildings and statues that look new • D. increased automobile manufacturing

4. Which solution to Germany’s acid rain problem would be the most challenging? • A. reducing automobile emissions • B. increasing the use of wind and solar power • C. getting other countries to stop using fossil fuels • D. changing from coal-burning power plants to water-powered ones.

Note-taking: Create a Flip Booklet Please listen carefully to my instructions!!!

Front Cover • Problem? • Causes? • Effects? • Solutions?

Problem - Air Pollution in the United Kingdom • Smog is a form of air pollution • first used in 1905 to describe the combination of smoke from the burning of fossil fuels and thick fog that at times hung over London and other cities in the United Kingdom • Causes • caused by the action of sunlight on the exhaust gases from automobiles and factories

London-Type Smog • occurs when moisture condenses with smoke produced by the burning of coal • forms smog droplets • sulfur dioxide is in air in London--attacks the lungs and makes breathing difficult (called sulfur smog)

Video Clip: London Smog - 1952 • Please listen attentively to the video. Also, any additional facts you obtain from the video, write them down in your flipbook on the back cover (additional notes).

Effects of Smog • Can kill (About 4, 000 Londoners died within five days as a result of a thick smog in 1952) • destroys plant life • causes building materials to deteriorate faster than usual

Solution - What is Being Done to Reduce Air Pollution in the UK? ? The UK has been working hard to reduce air pollution since the Great London Smog occurred. The government has: – tightened emissions standards for vehicles – endorsed the use of cleaner fuels – urged citizens to use public transportation like buses and subway systems.

CFU Stand-Up/Sit Down • If you think the statement below is true, stand up. If you think the statement is false, stay seated. The term smog is a derived from the words smoke and fog.

1. What is the main cause of air pollution in the UK today? • A. Factory Smoke • B. London smog • C. use of fossil fuels • D. Automobile exhaust emissions

2. Which is one of the UK’s solutions to the air pollution problem? • A. monitoring the air quality • B. restricting the driving miles • C. allowing factories to pollute without monitoring • D. keeping drivers from using gasoline in their cars

3. Which was created after the Great Smog of 1952? • A. A ban on coal fires • B. an industrial revolution • C. London’s smokeless zones • D. King Edward’s ban on coal fires

4. Which solution began to reduce the air pollutants in the UK? • A. the ban on coal fires • B. acid rain in Western Europe • C. the development of cleaner coal • D. the link between asthma and vechicle exhaust

Warm Up Write all the statements/problems that are caused by acid rain in Germany. 1. ) ___ Trees damaged or killed 2. ) ___ Fish die 3. ) ___ Brick and stonework buildings damaged 4. ) ___ Average temperature getting colder 5. ) ___ Fewer schools built

Event – Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in the Ukraine • The worst nuclear accident in history • When did it happen? - April 26, 1986 • Where did it happen? - Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine (former Soviet Union) • caused numerous deaths and injuries • widespread environmental contamination

Why did it happen? • In the 1980’s many countries were using nuclear power to replace fossil fuels. Nuclear power plants were producing cheaper energy without filling the air with pollution and without using up Earth’s supply of fossil fuels.

How Did The Disaster Happen? • Nuclear reactor overheated and exploded releasing large amounts of radioactive material.

Radiation Found In the Ground After Chernobyl Disaster

Who was involved? The Cover-Up • Soviet leaders concealed the accident from the public for nearly two days and refused outside help • Eventually, nearby towns were evacuated evacuees • Cleanup workers covered the reactor with a concrete shell • Northern and Central Europe – victims of fallout

What happened? Effects of Chernobyl Disaster Many died from radiation sickness or burns • Fallout (radioactive material) from the accident caused a number of health and environmental problems • increased rate of cancer, skin diseases, respiratory ailments, and heart problems

CFU: Q/A In your own words, explain how the nuclear disaster happened in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Video Clip: Nuclear Disaster • Please listen attentively to the video. Also, any additional facts you obtain from the video, write them down in your flipbook on the back cover (additional notes).

Homework Check Please turn in your COMPLETED flipbook!!!!!

Questions What is the problem? Acid Rain (Germany) Air Pollution (UK) Nuclear Disaster (Chernobyl, Ukraine) Check Your Answers Acid Rain Air Pollution (Smog) combination of smoke and thick fog. Nuclear Disaster What are the causes of the problem? Sulfuric and Nitric Acids = caused from the burning of coal, gas, and oil by cars, factories, and power plants caused by sunlight on the exhaust gases from automobiles and factories • four nuclear reactors were in service at Chernobyl nuclear power plant. • power surge caused fuel in the reactor to overheat, resulting in a steam explosion and fire • produced a radioactive cloud more than 3, 280 feet in height • Air Currents/Winds carried the radioactive material into northern and central Europe How has the problem affected the country? • Damage statues, buildings, and bridges, • Killed entire fish populations in lake, & • Harm forests and soil • Can kill • Destroys plant life • Causes building materials to deteriorate faster than usual • 31 people reportedly died from radiation sickness or burns • laws to reduce emissions • factories developed devices: filters and • tightened emissions standards for vehicles • use of cleaner fuels • nearby towns were evacuated What are solutions to the problem? • increased rate of cancer, skin diseases, respiratory ailments, and heart problems • Cleanup workers covered the

Video Clip • Please listen attentively to the video. Also, any additional facts you obtain from the video, write them down in your flipbook on the back cover (additional notes).

Whole-Class CRCT Reading As a class, we will read pgs. 114 -117 in CRCT workbook. Any information you find interesting or important, write it down on the last page in your flipbook!!!! -Answer questions: Write all questions, write your answers out, and write the paragraph number that you found your answer!!!!

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