THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION- POSITIVES | NEGATIVES | ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT

The Industrial Revolution- Positives | Negatives | Ecological Footprint

Article on Environmental Impact of Industrialization

Air pollution

• Coal burning - smog and soot (Sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide), acid rain, human produced sulfur and nitrogen compounds in the atmosphere affected plants, fish, soil, forests, building materials

Water pollution

• Contaminated drinking water sources with raw sewage

  • Cholera

  • Typhoid

Your turn! Try to find the structure of the chemical compounds and draw them in your notebook. For each compound, describe its purpose and how it impacts the environment.

• Sulfur dioxide

• Nitrogen oxide

• Potassium nitrate

• Sodium carbonate

• Sulfuric acid

• Bleaching powder

• What does alkali do?