1. SS6G8 – Explain environmental issues in Europe.
a. Explain the causes and effects of acid rain in Germany.

2. What could of damaged this statue in Germany?
1908
2018

3. What is Acid Rain?
Acid rain is when factories’ smoke or vehicles’ exhaust containing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides go up into the atmosphere and come back down to earth in the form of harmful precipitation (rain or snow)

4. Illustration of how acid rain occurs

5. Causes of Acid Rain in Germany
Smoke from factories and power plants
Coal-burning

6. Causes of Acid Rain in Germany
Automobile emissions (exhaust)

7. Causes of Acid Rain in Germany
Wind carries air pollution from Western Europe (France and the United Kingdom) to Germany

8. Effects of Acid Rain in Germany
Damage to vegetation (plants)
Damage to lakes, rivers and streams
Rhine and Danube River

9. Effects of Acid Rain in Germany
Contamination of drinking water
Damage to buildings and monuments

10. Solutions to Germany’s Acid Rain problem
Factories switching to cleaner fuels
Decrease the use of fossil fuels like coal and oil
Reducing automobile emissions
Developing new types of energy like wind turbines and solar energy

11. Frame-Write in complete sentences
So What? What is this thinking map about? So Why? Why it important to know about Acid Rain? Frame- Where did I get this information for this thinking map?