1. Air Pollution
NB # 5

2. What causes Asian Brown Cloud? List three sources of this pollution.
Factories
Cars
Fire
What is contained in Asian Brown Cloud?
Industrial pollutants
Carbon monoxide from vehicle exhausts
Particles of soot from burning forests and rural cooking fires

3. 3. How does Asian Brown Cloud affect the people of Asia
3. How does Asian Brown Cloud affect the people of Asia? (list 3 specific events)
Blocks 15% of sunlight
Creates acid rain
Leads to respiratory illnesses
4. How can air pollution prevent plants from doing photosynthesis? Why is this a problem for the people of Asia?
15% of sunlight is blocked which plants need for photosynthesis
Crops are reduced so there is less food to feed them

4. Asian governments can help by:
5. Scientists say that it can be prevented. Describe at least two things that countries could do to reduce or prevent Asian Brown Cloud.
Asian governments can help by:
Regulating factory pollution
Reducing pollution from cars
Encouraging the use of modern cooking fuels

5. Water Pollution
NB # 6

6. What is the major cause of pollution in China’s rivers?
Industrial chemicals
What has changed in China that has led to all this contamination?
Decades of quick economic development
How are people in China directly affected by water pollution?
Many people suffer from diseases caused by drinking water with high arsenic content like cancer

7. 5. What has led to this pollution increase in India’s rivers?
4. How is water pollution in India different from the pollution in China?
The water is polluted more from untreated sewage than factories and economic development
5. What has led to this pollution increase in India’s rivers?
Fast growing populations, and old, poorly maintained sewer system
6. How effective have efforts been to clean up the Ganges?
18 years trying to clean up pollution and it has only cleaned it up by 1/3

8. 7. Suppose that you are a government leader in China or India
7. Suppose that you are a government leader in China or India. Describe some steps (at least 3) that your government could take to clean up your country’s river.

9. Flooding
NB # 7

10. What are the consequences (bad) of monsoon season?
What is a monsoon?
A seasonal wind that brings rain
What are the consequences (bad) of monsoon season?
Floods, high temperatures, and clogged canals from garbage
Why does India need the monsoon?
To provide relief from the high temperatures and water crops
4. Which river in China has killed millions of people and has been nicknamed “China’s Sorrow?”
Huang He

11. 5. How does silt affect flooding?
High silt content in the river (60% in some places)
This causes river to overflow and change course
6. How have the Chinese tried to control the Huang He river?
dredging
Building higher levees
Digging channels
Building dams

13. The Huang He River, China (contains a lot of silt)

15. Xiaolangdi Multipurpose Dam Project

16. Xiaolangdi Multipurpose Dam Project

17. Pollution in the Ganges River, India