Pollution in the Ganges River

Student Notes for SS7G10

Pollution in the Ganges River

·  ______used in farming and industry ______into the river.

·  Human and animal ______are also dumped into the water because ______from the cities is not treated

·  ______remains are also put into the Ganges.

·  Several ______have been spread due to the pollution. These include cholera, ______, typhoid and hepatitis

Efforts to clean up

·  ______ was started in 1985 to clean the river.

·  Water ______plants are being built to clean up sewage and waste.

·  World Health Organization is planning to donate _____ million to help

Yangtze Pollution-causes

·  ______waste is dumped into rivers

·  ______& phosphates from ______increase the production of ______

·  Phosphates ______the fish that people then eat

Effects

·  The ______uses ______that fish need.

·  This leads to the ______of the fish.

·  People are getting ______from eating the fish.

·  There is an increase in the number of birth ______and cancer.

Air Pollution in China

Cause / Effect
·  ____ of the world's ____ most polluted cities are in ______
·  Causes for pollution ~
·  ______:
·  ______
o  For industry and heating homes.
o  Coal is cheap but pollutes the air.
·  ______
·  Vehicles / ·  up to 656,000 ______deaths each year
·  ______damage and Climate ______
·  Only ____ of people in cities breathe ______air
·  Beijing Municipal Protection Agency was formed to help ______

Air pollution in India:

Cause / Effect
·  The capital city of New Delhi is one of the top 10 ______cities in the ______
·  vehicular ______
·  ______dust
·  Untreated ______smoke / ·  ______rainfall
·  Fewer ______
·  ______temperatures
·  527,700 ______a year
·  Heart and lung ______

In both China and India:

·  The Haze from pollution known as “______”

·  They may cause ______in climate such as ______of rainfall & ______

Flooding in India and China:

CAUSE / EFFECT
·  Heavy rainfall in ______season
o  ______overflow banks
·  Deforestation
o  no trees to ______water / ·  ______[Worst Recorded Flood: Huang He River, China, August 1931 (3,700,000 people)]
·  ______/villages ______
·  Possessions______
·  Fertile land ______away

Solutions:

·  ______

·  Levees

·  Reservoirs

**Now that we have taken notes, compare and contrast pollution in the Ganges River and the Yangtze River and air pollution in India and China. You can create a Venn Diagram (FOR EACH) if you would like. Use pages 134-138 in CRCT book to help you.