Changes to the Environment (Piedmont/Coastal Plains)
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Rachel Salley
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Changes to the Environment
(Piedmont and Coastal Plains)
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Piedmont Pollution Problem
The problem in the piedmont is air pollution.
Factories, cars, trucks, businesses, and homes put out a lot of smog into the air.
The amount of smog and air pollution we have in Atlanta isn’t safe for humans, animals or plants.
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Coastal Plains Pollution Problem
One of Georgia’s biggest pollution problems took place on the Ogeechee River in 2011. The King America Finishing textile (cloth making) plant dumped chemicals like formaldehyde, ammonia and hydrogen peroxide into the river. Water pollution is a growing problem for the coastal plains of Georgia.
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Multiple Choice
True or False
Water pollution is a growing problem for the coastal plains of Georgia.
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(Coastal Plains) How Changing the Environment Affect the Plants & Animals
Because of the chemical spills from King America’s factory, more than 38,000 fish, alligators, turtles and birds were found dead along the Ogeechee river banks.
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Multiple Choice
True or False.
As a result of the chemical spills from King America’s factory more than 38,000 fish, alligators, turtles and birds were found dead along the Ogeechee river banks.
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(Coastal Plains) How Changing the Environment Affect the Plants & Animals
Dead animals were being found as far as 70 miles downriver from where the chemicals were dumped. The animals that lived in the river were poisoned by the chemicals.
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(Coastal Plains) How Changing the Environment Affect the Plants & Animals
Entire species were wiped out and the ecosystem of the Ogeechee River will be forever changed.
The river was also used for drinking water for hundreds of thousands of Georgians. They had to find other sources of water to use.
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I understand the impact humans have on the environment.
Changes to the Environment
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