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Environmental Issues

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For this environmental issues worksheet, students are given 10 current topics that are problems in our environment today. They complete sentences about each topic by filling in the blanks with the appropriate terms. Some of the issues included are global warming, acid rain, population explosions and water pollution.

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global warming, climate change, acid rain, energy, the greenhouse effect

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acid rain, energy, global warming, greenhouse effect, science
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8th - 10th
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