Places to Know

Question 1

Aral Sea

Answer 1

Is now a public health hazard - was made to be an artificial lake but it shrank and changed climate around it - in Middle East

Question 2

Bhopal

Answer 2

Killed tens of thousands - gas menthyl escaped from an insecticide plant

Question 3

Chernobyl

Answer 3

Nuclear accident in Ukraine where a reactor exploded - mass radiation

Question 4

Three Gorges Dam

Answer 4

Dam erodes area around it, putting too much sediment into the Yangtze river - causes landslides/earthquakes (China)

Question 5

Florida Everglades

Answer 5

subtropical wetland zone home to many species - humans are harming it

Question 6

Love Canal (Niagara Falls)

Answer 6

An electrochemical company, Hooker, dumped hazardous chemicals and contaminated soil/groundwater

Question 7

Minamata Bay, Japan

Answer 7

Released mercury into a bay that went into fish, and then humans, caused disease

Question 8

Ogallala Aquifer (South Dakota/Texas)

Answer 8

Huge underground reservoir that humans heavily depend on, but it is depleting

Question 9

3 mile island, Pennsylvania

Answer 9

Cooling water failed and released radiation

Question 10

Grand Banks, Newfoundland Canada

Answer 10

Fishing ground - overfishing - caused ban on cod fishing

Question 11

BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico

Answer 11

Oil rig exploded, mass oil spill

Question 12

Cuyahoga River, Ohio

Answer 12

River caught on fire because of extreme pollution - led to Clean Water Act

Question 13

Alberta Tar Sands, Canada,

Answer 13

Tar sands are good for profit but harmful to the economy

Question 14

Fukushima, Japan

Answer 14

Extreme radiation because of power loss, affecting water, food, ocean - forced thousands to relocate

Question 15

Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Answer 15

Abandoned nuclear waste site, Nuclear waste policy

Question 16

Ring of Fire

Answer 16

Active volcanoes/earthquakes, good for research on tectonics

Question 17

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

Answer 17

Almost no oxygen, almost no species - costs mass amounts of money in fish

Question 18

Svalbard Global Seed Bank

Answer 18

Storage facility for millions of seeds - ultimate contingency if we lose crops

Question 19

Muruntau Mine

Answer 19

One of the biggest deposits of gold

Question 20

Appalachian Mountains Coal Deposits

Answer 20

Mass coal production

Question 21

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Answer 21

Extreme oil spill in 1989 destroying mass amounts of wildlife and communities

Question 22

Flint Water Crisis

Answer 22

Michigan - lead in water - led to change in policy and citizen advocated

Question 23

Kuwaiti Oil Fires

Answer 23

Iraqi troops set more than 600 tanks on fire and decreased petroleum - affecting economy

Question 24

The Gulf Stream

Answer 24

Strong current of warm water that regulates temperature

Question 25

Fertile Crescent - Middle East

Answer 25

Abundance of water - cradle of civilization

Question 26

Keystone Pipeline Path

Answer 26

transports crude oil