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What is air pollution?
• Air pollution is our air mixed with dirty
contaminants-smoke, dust, dirt, and gases
such as carbon monoxide.
• Sometimes it is invisible and sometimes
you can see it.
• Most air pollution comes from burning
something, like when we burn gasoline to
operate motor vehicles, carbon monoxide
is released into the air.
What is air pollution?
• Carbon monoxide is an odorless and
colorless gas, but it can be very harmful to
our health when there is enough of it in the
air.
• The earth can tolerate small amounts of
pollution, but when large amounts of
pollution are being poured into our air,
including carbon monoxide we exceed the
Earth’s ability to fight back.
What is acid rain?
• Acid rain is the result of air pollution. The
gases emitted during air pollution react
with the tiny droplets of water in clouds to
form acids. The rain that falls is called
acid rain.
• Acid rain can be carried great distances in
the atmosphere, not just between
countries, but also continent to continent.
What is acid rain?
• The acid can also take the form of snow,
mists, and dry dusts. Wherever the acid
falls it can have a serious effect on soil,
trees, buildings, and water.
Where is the acid rain
coming from?
• The origins of air pollution are coming from
the United Kingdom. The U.K. had
several industrial buildings with large
chimneys.
• This pushes the smoke into the clouds
allowing pollution to move with the wind.
The wind carries the pollution many miles
away and falls as acid rain in particularly,
Germany.
What can be done?
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Reduce emissions
Find alternative sources of energy
Conserving resources
Restoring damage done by acid rain
ITALY
• Relative Location: Southern Europe, a
peninsula extending into Central
Mediterranean Sea, Northeast Tunisia
• Absolute Location: 42.5 degrees North,
12.5 degrees East
• Climate: Predominantly Mediterranean,
Alpine in far north, hot and dry in south
• Population: 58, 126, 212
ITALY
• Natural Resources: coal, mercury, zinc, potash,
marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar,
feldspar, pyrite, natural gas, and crude oil
reserves, fish, and arable land
• Imports: engineering products, chemicals,
transport equipment, energy products, minerals
and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing,
food, beverages, and tobacco
• Exports: engineering products, textiles and
clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles,
transport equipment, chemicals, food,
beverages, tobacco, minerals, and metals
GERMANY
• Relative Location: Central Europe, bordering
the Baltic Sea and the North Sea between the
Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark
• Absolute Location: 51 degrees North, 9
degrees East
• Climate: temperate and marine, cool, cloudy,
wet winters and summers, occasional warm
mountain wind
• Population: 82, 329, 758
GERMANY
• Natural Resources: coal, lignite, natural
gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium,
potash, salt, construction materials, timber,
and arable land
• Imports: machinery, vehicles, chemicals,
foodstuffs, textiles, metals
• Exports: machinery, vehicles, chemicals,
metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, and
textiles
UNITED KINGDOM
• Relative Location: Western Europe, islands
including the northern 1/6th of the island of
Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and
North Sea, Northwest of France
• Absolute Location: 54 degrees North, 2
degrees East
• Climate: temperate, moderated by prevailing
southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current,
more than half the days are overcast
• Population: 61, 113, 205
UNITED KINGDOM
• Natural Resources: coal, petroleum,
natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin,
limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum,
potash, silica sand, slate, arable land
• Imports: manufactured goods, machinery,
fuels, foodstuffs
• Exports: manufactured goods, fuels,
chemicals, food, beverages, tobacco
RUSSIA
• Relative Location: Northern Asia, bordering the
Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North
Pacific Ocean
• Absolute Location: 60 degrees North, 100
degrees East
• Climate: Ranges from steppes in the south
through humid continental in much of European
Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in
the polar north; winters vary from cool along
Black Sea coast, summers vary from warm to
cool
• Population: 140, 041, 247
RUSSIA
• Natural Resources: deposits of oil, natural gas,
coal, and many strategic minerals, timber
• Imports: vehicles, machinery and equipment,
plastics, medicines, iron and steel, consumer
goods, meat, fruits and nuts, semi finished metal
products
• Exports: petroleum, natural gas, grain, wood
and wood products, metals, chemicals, and wide
variety of civilian and military manufactures
JUDAISM
• Major Leader: Moses and Abraham
• Beliefs:
Judaism is not something that they believe
needs to be actively spread.
Believe they will have peace with God and
each other by following laws found in the Torah.
Jesus was not the Messiah, but rather just a
teacher. The Jewish faith still awaits the coming
of the Messiah.
JUDAISM
• Holy Days and Celebrations: Passover,
Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur
• Started practicing religion: Oldest religion
• Holy City: Jerusalem
• Holy Book: Torah
CHRISTIANITY
• Major Leader: Jesus
• Beliefs:
Jesus is seen as the Messiah.
Jesus was resurrected (came back to
life) after being nailed and bled to death on
a cross.
By following the teaching of Jesus,
followers will find heaven.
CHRISTIANITY
• Holy Days and Celebrations: Christmas
and Easter
• Started practicing religion: 30AD
• Holy City: Jerusalem
• Holy Book: Bible
ISLAM
• Major Leader: Muhammad
• Beliefs:
Muslims believe in Allah, their word for God.
Follow teachings of the Quran, which
Muhammad wrote based upon a communication
with Archangel Gabriel.
Archangel Gabriel served as a messenger
between Allah and Muhammad.
Follow five pillars of faith to obtain eternal
life: belief, prayer, charity, fasting, and
pilgrimage.
ISLAM
• Holy Days and Celebrations: Pilgrimage
• Started practicing religion: 600’s AD
• Holy City: Jerusalem
• Holy Book: Quran
RELIGION VOCABULARY
• Monotheism: Belief in one God
• Polytheism: Belief in many Gods
• Atheism: Belief in no God