Water Pollution
What two diseases can drinking contaminated sources of water with raw sewage cause?
A.) Typhoid and Huchlera
B.) Huchlera and Cholera
C.) Typhoid and Cholera
D.) Cholera and Diabetes
C.) Typhoid and Cholera
Where is the Cuyahoga river?
A.) Northwest Ohio
B.) Northeast Ohio
C.) Middle Ohio
D.) Southeast Ohio
B.) Northeast Ohio
What does P.O.P stand for?
Problems of Progress
What is the leading cause of air pollution in the U.S right now?
A.) Planes
B.) Factories
C.) Tanks
D.) Cars
D.) Cars
In 1963, in a an effort to reduce air pollution, the U.S Congress passed the ______
A.) No Greenhouse Gasses Act
B.) Air Cleaning Act
C.) Clean Air Act
D.) Limited Gas Act
C.) Clean Air Act
According to UNESCO, as much as ___ percent of industrial waste is dumped into the rivers and lakes in the developing world.
A.) 80%
B.) 70%
C.) 90%
D.) 95%
B.) 70%
The fire on the river caused about _____ in damages to railroad bridges spanning the river.
A.) $50,000
B.) $60,000
C.) $40,000
D.) $100,000
A.) $50,000
Everybody knew the river was polluted, but what was their excuse?
A.) It was seen as a huge step in progress
B.) It was seen as booming of the industrial economy
C.) Someone would do it eventually
D.) It was seen as a necessary effect of industrial growth.
D.) It was seen as a necessary effect of industrial growth.
How does Acid Rain occur?
Its caused by factories that release sulfur and nitrogen into the atmosphere.
In 1969, voters approved a ____ program to fund the cleanup of the River.
A.) $53M
B.) $90M
C.) $200M
D.) $100M
D.) $100M
Name 2 things water sources are contaminated by.
Oil slicks on the road, construction waste, mining and dump sites, livestock wastes, pesticides, fertilizer from farms.
Name 3 years the Cuyahoga River caught on fire. (Hint, 1860s - 1960s)
1868, 1883, 1887, 1912, 1922, 1936, 1941, 1948, 1952, and 1969
What event turned Cleveland into a manufacturing city overnight?
A.) The Civil War
B.) The Great Economic Boom
C.) The Gold Rush
B.) The Native-American War
A.) The Civil War
What happened during 1948 which involved air pollution? How many casualties?
Industrial air pollution created a deadly smog of which killed 20 people.
Which king in the 1200s threatened people with harsh penalties if they didn't stop burning coal to heat their homes.
A.) England's King Edward I
B.) England's King Matthew II
C.) France's King Louis IX
D.) Spain's King Francesco I
A.) England's King Edward I
Every __ seconds somewhere on the planet, a ___ dies from a water-related disease.
15, child
What did Tim Donovan say to explain to the listener how bad the river was?
“There was a general rule that if you fell in, God forbid, you would go immediately to the hospital.”
How did the industrial revolution affect water pollution ?
Factories released pollutants directly into rivers and streams.
What did factories use in the late 1700s & early 1800s to power machinery?
What does Tim Donovan think a new public path along the Cuyahoga river will do?
He thought it would make it more accessible to all Cleveland residents and encourage more public interest in protecting the river.
During ___ the Exxon Valdez oil spill dumped about __ million gallons of crude oil into the sea off ____
A.) 1998, 11, Ohio
B.) 1989, 11, California
C.) 1989, 11, Alaska
D.) 1998, 9, Alaska
C.) 1989, 11, Alaska
In ___, the ____ _____ of Cleveland tested the city's drinking water. Unfortunately, they founded ____ ____ of the Cuyahoga River had entered public's water supply
1922, Water Department, Polluted Water,
62% of what facilities dumped too much pollution into U.S waterways?
A.) Industrial and municipal facilities
B.) Industrial and greenhouse facilities
C.) Industrial and factorial facilities
D.) greenhouse facilities and infrastructural facilities
A.) Industrial and municipal facilities
According to the ALA, __ of all Americans still lived in counties with unhealthy levels of either ozone or particle pollution.
A.) 64%
B.) 46%
C.) 58%
D.) 70%
B.) 46%
What 3 events came from the 1960s environmental movement?
A.) Earth Day, 1971 Clean Air Act, 1972 Clear Air Act
B.) 1970 Clean Air Act, 1971 Clean Air Act, 1972 Clean Air Act
C.) Earth Day, 1970 Clean Air Act, 1972 Clean Air Act.
D.) 1970 Clean Air Act, 1971 Clean Air Act, 1975 Clean Air Act.
C.) Earth Day, 1970 Clean Air Act, 1972 Clean Air Act.