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Not-So-Starry Nights

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  • The power plants release ______________________.
    Sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide.
  • __________ also need the night sky. Some animals use the stars to ___________.
    Animals, find their way.
  • Light pollution is also bad for other___________. Female sea turtles come _______ at night and lay eggs in the sand.
    nocturnal animals, ashore.
  • Light pollution has the worst effect on ________ . Many _________________ and use the stars like street signs to find their way.
    Birds, Birds migrate
  • How is light pollution caused?
    By excess light that is beamed into the sky.
  • _______ were the first to notice the growing problem of light pollution.
    Astronomers
  • What's the definition of pollution?
    Waste that harms nature.
  • What does endangered mean?
    Rare, at risk of dying out.
  • What does migrate mean?
    to move from one place to another
  • What happened in 1954 at a US Air Force base in Georgia?
    A flock of birds followed the spotlights and flew straight into the ground. About 50,000 birds died.
  • What does murky mean?
    dull
  • What happens to turtle hatchlings because of light pollution?
    Light coming from land leads them the wrong way. As a result, the turtles wander into the streets and parking lots and get lost.
  • In 1900, there were __________Americans. There are more than ___________ today.
    76 million, 300 million.
  • What does reduce mean?
    to have fewer of something
  • Where does electricity come from?
    Power plants. Power plants burn coal, which pollutes the air.
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