Implications of non-renewable resource use Name_________

Acid Rain

1) What is the cause of acid rain?

2) What are the specific pollutants that are known to cause it?

3) How are these pollutants commonly formed in today’s world?

4) What are the major environmental impacts of acid rain?

5) Which industries in Canada are negatively affected by acid rain? How?

6) Which parts of North America are most affected by acid rain?

7) What is being done to combat the effects of acid rain in these areas

8) Why is acid rain not an issue in British Columbia?

9) How acidic has acid rain gotten in recorded history? Where did this take place?

Greenhouse Gases

1) What is smog defined as?

2) What is the Green House Effect? How does it work?

3) What are the 3 worst greenhouse gases?

4) How/where are the 3 of them being produced that has seen an increase their levels in the atmosphere?

Nuclear Power Plant s

1) What is currently done with radioactive waste from nuclear power plants?

2) Do you think that nuclear energy is cleaner than energy produced by burning fossil fuels? Why or why not?

3) Where in Canada do we use nuclear energy?

Fossil Fuel Extraction and Distribution

1) Do you support the building of pipe-lines to bring fossil fuels from Alberta to BC to be shipped over seas? Why, why not?

2) Canada has recently committed to the elimination of the use of coal. What year will this happen in?

3) Where in Canada is coal usage the highest? What countries are the heaviest users of coal?

4) Do you support the export of Canadian coal to other countries for them to use? Why or why not?