1. Environmental Issues of Europe

2. SS6G9 The student will discuss environmental issues in Europe.
a. Explain the major concerns of Europeans regarding the issues such as acid rain in Germany, air pollution in the United Kingdom, and the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

3. 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.

4. Causes Effects Event (Important Facts)
Environmental Issue____________________________________________________
Causes
Effects
Event
(Important Facts)
Solutions?

5. (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.
_______ deposits from _____ rain are _______through the air causing _____ rain in other _______ in ______
Kills ________
Pollutes _______
Other _______
____________
_____________
Car __________
(_________ and particles which are put into the ______ by various sources.
Kills _________ and other plants.
Destroys ________ and monuments.
Name: ____________________ Date: _________ Period: ______
Causes
Effects
Event
(Important Information)
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

6. Acid Rain: Caused by these…

7. Acid Rain: Results in this…

8. 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.)

10. 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

11. Germans afraid of this…
Black Forest in Germany

12. …becoming this…

14. 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

15. Hydroelectricity: Human/Environmental Interaction: Depending on our environment.
renewable energy resource because it uses the Earth's water cycle to generate electricity. Water evaporates from the Earth's surface, forms clouds, precipitates back to earth, and flows toward the ocean.
The movement of water as it flows downstream creates kinetic energy that can be converted into electricity. A hydroelectric power plant converts this energy into electricity by forcing water, often held at a dam, through a hydraulic turbine that is connected to a generator. The water exits the turbine and is returned to a stream or riverbed below the dam.

16. Causes Effects Event (Important Facts)
Environmental Issue___________________________________________________
Causes
Effects
Event
(Important Facts)
Solutions?

17. (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 _________.
Hurts _______ (burns the ______, _______, and _______ forcing senior _______ and ________ to stay indoors.
Hurts _______ through _______ rain.
Local __________
Vehicle _________
_______ burning in homes (Great _______ of 1952) sent _____ into the air, mixed with _____; creating smog
Hurts ___________
Name: ____________________ Date: _________ Period: ______
Causes
Effects
Event
(Important Information)
Solutions?
Government _________ air quality. ________. _______ coals and using more __________. Newer cars produce less _______ and people drive les

18. 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)

19. 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)

20. 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.

21. Solutions Government monitors air quality
Newer cars produce less exhaust and people drive less.
Kyoto Protocol- an agreement between countries to reduce pollution
Stricter laws on pollution
Air Quality Monitoring Station

22. Causes Effects Event (Important Facts)
Environmental Issue_____________________________________________________
Causes
Effects
Event
(Important Facts)
Solutions?

23. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (Important Information)
______ Nuclear accident
Estimates: up to _______ will die from ________ radiation.
_________ had to be resettled. Radiation spread throughout other countries by air currents.
_________ issues- high rates of _______, birth defects, ________
Land ___________ and contamination (Europe farmers)
________ with poorly trained workers.
_________ reactor design
___________ government was not careful
Economic impact on East and North
_______ _________: radioactive particles stirred up by or resulting from a nuclear explosion and descending through the atmosphere
Name: ____________________ Date: _________ Period: _____
Causes
Effects
Event
(Important Information)
Solutions?

24. 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

25. Chernobyl after the disaster…

26. Whole cities had to be abandoned due to radiation…

27. Before
After
Evacuation

28. Effects: Red Forest

29. The Pripyat Fun Fair was scheduled to begin May 1st
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 dangerous today.

30. 400m away from the reactor: 0.623 rt/m2
Average radiation level of a
Non-contaminated area:
0.010 rt/m2

31. 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

32. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster April 26, 1986
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

33. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine
29 years later: Still
Dangerous and
Empty!

34. 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

35. Journal Writing: Use Thinking Map Choose one Environmental Concern
Compose 1 paragraph that answers:
Where does it occur in Europe?
What are the causes?
What are the effects?
What is being done to solve the problem?
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%