Focus Countries
Which country is located in southwestern Europe, directly west of Spain, along the Atlantic Ocean?
What is Portugal
What mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain?
What is the Pyrenees Mountains.
What body of water separates the United Kingdom from France?
What is the English Channel
What is acid rain?
What is rain or other precipitation that is more acidic than normal because of air pollution.
What is air pollution?
What is the presence of harmful substances in the air.
Which country is located directly south of the English Channel and across the water from the United Kingdom?
What is France
What mountain range stretches across several European countries, including Switzerland, Austria, and Italy?
What is the Alps
What sea lies between southern Europe and northern Africa?
What is the Mediterranean Sea
What two major air pollutants contribute to acid rain when they react with water and oxygen in the atmosphere?
What is sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.
Name two sources of air pollution in the United Kingdom.
What is vehicle exhaust/emissions, factories, power plants, and burning fossil fuels.
Spain and Portugal share the Iberian Peninsula. Which of these two countries is located to the west?
What is Portugal
What large, relatively flat area stretches across much of northern Europe and supports farming and settlement?
What is the European Plain
Which river flows through or along several European countries, including Germany and Austria, before emptying into the Black Sea?
What is the Danube River
How can factories and power plants contribute to acid rain in Germany?
What is burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil releases sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere, which can contribute to acid rain.
How can vehicle exhaust and factory emissions contribute to poor air quality in the United Kingdom?
What is they release pollutants into the atmosphere, including gases and tiny particles that can make the air unhealthy to breathe.
A scholar locates a country in central Europe. It shares borders with France to the west and Poland to the east. Which country is it?
What is Germany
What mountain range is commonly used as part of the boundary between Europe and Asia?
What is the Ural Mountains.
Which major river flows through Germany and the Netherlands before emptying into the North Sea?
What is the Rhine River
Explain two harmful effects acid rain can have on Germany's environment.
What is it can damage forests and other plants, acidify lakes and rivers, harm aquatic life, and damage buildings and monuments
Explain two effects air pollution can have on people or the environment in the United Kingdom.
What is it can worsen asthma and other respiratory problems, contribute to heart and lung disease, harm plants, and damage ecosystems.
A scholar locates a country in eastern Europe. It is south of Belarus, east of Poland, and north of the Black Sea. Which country is it?
What is Ukraine
Spain and Portugal share a peninsula in southwestern Europe. What is the name of this peninsula, and why is a peninsula different from an island?
What is the Iberian Peninsula. A peninsula is surrounded by water on 3/4 sides but remains connected to a larger landmass; an island is surrounded by water on all sides.
A business in Germany wants to transport goods to the North Sea for international trade. Which river from this unit would be especially useful, and why?
The Rhine River, because it is an important transportation route connecting inland areas to ports and international trade routes
A German lake becomes more acidic after years of pollution. Fish populations begin to decline. Explain the cause-and-effect relationship.
What is pollutants released into the air form acids in the atmosphere and fall as acid rain. The water becomes more acidic, making it difficult for some fish and other aquatic organisms to survive or reproduce.
A city in the United Kingdom has heavy traffic and many people experiencing breathing problems. Recommend two actions the city could take to reduce air pollution and explain why they would help.
What is the city could improve public transportation and encourage people to use it, reducing vehicle emissions. It could also support cleaner energy, enforce industrial emissions limits, or encourage walking and cycling to reduce pollution.