WARM-UP 08/23O-managers- Keep groups on task. Make sure desk are straight and no trash on the floor!!Supply managers- Inventory supplies. Beginning and end of class!!!Collectors- N/A Attendance- Who’s out?Retrievers- Not today!?!

1. Describe what you see.2. What happened to the forest in this photo?

WARM-UP 08/23 CONT…

• 1. Describe what you physically see in this image (objects).

• 2. What do you think took place here?

• 3. How does this image make you feel (emotions)

VOCAB TERMSADD TO YOUR GLOSSARY• Acid rain- mainly caused by burning fossil fuels.

• Pollution- introducing harmful substances into the environment.

• nuclear radiation- extremely dangerous substances emitted by nuclear fusion (used for energy).

• Emissions- exhaust(smoke) from factories and cars

• Global Warming- the rapid warming of our planet caused by human actions.

• Carbon Footprint- A person/things impact on the environment.

• Climate- average weather over a 30 year period.

• Fossil Fuels- organic energy sources. Ex- oil, coal

Chernobyl, Ukraine 1986

NUCLEAR DISASTER AT CHERNOBYL

• Radioactive fire burned for 10 days, releasing 190 tons of toxic chemicals.

• 100x the amount of radiation that was released at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Hiroshima, Japan August 1945

CHERNOBYL- FACTS

• Millions were and still are exposed to massive levels of radiation.

• Hundreds of thousands have died from exposure related diseases.

• Over 400,000 were forced to leave their homes and never return.

Abandoned schoolhouse- Belarus 20 years later

Air Pollution and Acid Rain

Effects of Acid rain

Air pollution in London, England

Effect

CAUSES