Brain Jogger Which Enduring Understandings are related to the word: Pollution?

Agenda Warm- Up Review SS6G8a.b assessment Europe’s Environmental Concerns SS6G9 We will take notes Cornell note style Page 8 in your notebook. THINK PAIR SHARE

What are europe’s Environmental Issues Acid Rain in Germany Air Pollution in the United Kingdom Nuclear Disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine

Where? Acid Rain Causes? Germany Smoke from factories and power plants, car and bus exhaust. Air Currents carries the toxic smoke into Germany and other European countries.

How Does Acid Rain Work?

Acid Rain Effect? Destroyed Germany’s Black Forest Acid rain “eating” through statues and buildings Pollutes Rivers (Danube and Rhine Rivers)

Acid Rain Other Countries Impacted: Countries to the EAST of Germany are impacted by Germany’s pollution Germany is impacted by the U.K. pollution.

Who is hurting the most?

Acid Rain What is being done to stop it? Southern Germany starting to use Hydroelectric Energy for power. German Govt. passed laws to reduce automobile emissions, and increase clean energy. Wind Turbines and Solar Energy

Acid Rain Clip

Air Pollution Where? Causes? United Kingdom Gases from automobile and factory exhaust. London known for SMOG! Long history of Air Pollution

Air Pollution Effect? Burns lungs, eyes, nose, and endangers human life. Young and Old forced indoors Blackens building and threatens wildlife

Air Pollution Other Countries Impacted? U.K. is in the top ten in the world in harmful industrial emissions. Air Pollution in U.K. causes Acid Rain in Western Europe.

Air Pollution What is being done to stop it? History of trying to stop it as well… King Edward I tried to ban coal fires. Govt. created smokeless zones, where only smokeless fuels could be used. Laws created to make car companies produce cars that don’t pollute as much.

London SMOG Clip

Nuclear Disaster Where? Causes? Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, Ukraine Causes? Nuclear Power is very complicated, and extreme caution is needed in order to safely produce power or nuclear fuel. This caution was not taken at Chernobyl

Nuclear Disaster Effect? Impact on Other Countries? Acute Radiation Syndrome, Birth Defects, Abandoned Cities, decrease in the use of Nuclear Power, and Cancer Impact on Other Countries? Radioactive Material entered the air and fell on Northern Europe and Scandinavia

Reactor #4 after incident

Abandoned City of Pripyat

Nuclear Disaster What is Being Done to Stop It? Less countries using Nuclear Power (Nuclear Power is actually pretty clean)…. Safety Increased at Nuclear Power Plants

= a Nuclear Power Plant

Chernobyl Clip

Question to Ponder? Which is the bigger risk to the environment, nuclear energy or fossil fuel? Pros and Cons, Half Page.