The Smog

BY: Kalise

Air pollution

The famous deadly pollution is called: The Smog It killed over 400,ooo people who were in England

It happened in England of the year of 1952

It happened because people used more coal to

heat up their homes and the didn’t realize it would create such a deadly smog

Why did it happened?

Which one looks better?

England in 1952 England today

The smog was created by a period of cold

weather, combined with anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants mostly from the use of coal to form a thick layer of smog over the city.

It lasted from December Friday 5th 1952 to March 1953

How did it happened?

The smog occurred in London ,England of the year of 1952

The Smog

The smog

How the great smog got it’s name

The great smog got it’s name by combining the two things that stared the smog: smoke and fog.

smoke + fog=smog

Strange Mist

This photo might look like just mist , but, this “mist” can be extremely dangerous. This is what it looked like in England 1952 when the smog

occurred.

Health problems

One of the health problems the smog caused was respiratory tract infections from hypoxia and as a result mechanical obstruction of the air passages by pus arising from lung

infections caused by the smog. The lung infections were mainly bronchopneumonia and accurate purulent bronchitis

superimposed upon chronic bronchitis.

What year did the smog occur?

A. 1852B. 1952C. 1984

A. Paris, FranceB. England, LondonC. Florence, Italy

Where did the smog happen?

A. November Friday 5thB. August Wednesday 18th C. December Friday 5th

What month and day did the smog began?

A. March 1953B. May 1952C. August 1953

What month and year did the smog end?

Credit given to: martinfrost.wsindexpage Credit given to: http://www.hcplc.org/ :’’ new

thinking about pollution”.

Created by: Kalise N. Brown