Unit 1: Geography of Europe
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Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe.
Dissecting the Essential Question:
Environmental issues: challenges to
maintaining a clean, healthy space to live
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Acid Rain Nuclear DisasterAir Pollution
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Germany
United
KingdomChernobyl,
Ukraine
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe. a. Explain
the causes and effects of acid rain in Germany.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe. a. Explain
the causes and effects of acid rain in Germany.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Acid Rain in Germany• Emissions, mostly from coal-
burning power plants, combine
with oxygen and water and create
acid rain.
• Emissions are a result of: (1) cars,
trucks, and buses and (2) large
manufacturing companies that
produce cars, steel, and chemical
products.
• It destroys plants, kills trees,
pollutes waterways, harms
wildlife, and corrodes
architecture like buildings and
statues.
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe. b. Explain
the causes and effects of air pollution in the United Kingdom.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe. b. Explain
the causes and effects of air pollution in the United Kingdom.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Air Pollution in the United Kingdom• In most industrialized countries like the United Kingdom, there are
many factories and lots of traffic, which causes air pollution.
• Air pollution from large factories is caused when smoke is emitted
into the air, which causes smog to cover the sky.
• Emissions from cars, buses, and trucks stay close to the ground and
contribute to low-lying smog.
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe. b. Explain
the causes and effects of air pollution in the United Kingdom.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Efects of Air Pollution in the United Kingdom• Health problems like asthma and pneumonia can be caused from
emissions.
• High air pollution levels make people sick especially more
vulnerable populations like children and the elderly.
• Crops (food) are harmed. Vegetables take longer to grow and
become more prone to disease.
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe. c. Explain the causes and
effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe. c. Explain the causes and
effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Nuclear Disaster• Considered the largest
peacetime radiation
catastrophe that has ever
occurred on the planet
• Global environmental event
that contaminated land, water,
and air
• The most toxic ground is in the
Exclusion Zone (outlined in
bottom map)
• Radiation from the explosion
contaminated 40 percent of
Europe
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe. c. Explain the causes and
effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Nuclear Disaster• Safety experiment
• One of the reactors
began to overheat
• Reactor exploded
• Tons of radioactive
waste were released
into the atmosphere
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Using Primary Sources• Each group will select ONE primary source for each element (a, b, and c)
• Using the Primary Source Analysis sheet, each member in the group will
contribute to Observe, Reflect, and Question
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe. c. Explain the causes and
effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Station A: Acid Rain in Germany Primary Sources
Degraded
Sculpture
Dead and
Dying Trees
Helicopter &
Lime
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe. c. Explain the causes and
effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Station B: Air Pollution in the United Kingdom
Pollution
Hotpot
Bus Exhaust Unregulated
Era
Unit 1: Geography of Europe
SS6G2. Explain environmental issues in Europe. c. Explain the causes and
effects of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
How have environmental issues affected Europe?
Station C: Chernobyl Primary Sources
Contaminated
Vegetables
Bridge
of Death
Helicopter
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