Air Pollution Quiz_1

Which product of incomplete combustion gives photochemical smog its reddish browncolor?

• PANs

• Ozone

• VOCs

• Nitrous oxide

The two secondary pollutants associated with photochemical smog that cause both eye irritation and potential lung damage are:

• Ozone

• Nitrous oxide

• PANs

• Ozone and PANs

• All of the above

type of air pollution that is formed when sunlight reacts with waste gases from the burning of fossil fuels

• photochemical smog
• ozone layer
• acid precipitation
• global warming

Layer of dense, cool air trapped under a layer of less dense, warm air. It prevents upward-flowing air currents from developing. In a prolonged inversion, air pollution in the trapped layer may build up to harmful levels

• Temperature Inversion
• Warm Front
• Photochemical Smog
• Greenhouse Gas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A(n) ____________________ is an area in which the temperature is several degrees higher than that of the surrounding area.

• Heat Island
• Rural Area
• Urban Area
• Infrastructure

Ozone in the troposphere is __________.  Ozone in the stratosphere is _________.

• bad, good
• good, bad
• bad, bad
• good, good

During what time of day should tropospheric ozone levels peak?

• Midnight
• Morning
• Afternoon
• Evening

What two air pollutants that most often produce acid rain?

• Nitrogen Oxides and Sulfur Oxides
• Carbon Dioxide and Ozone
• Particulate Matter
• None of the above

Acid rain can damage

• Drinking water sources

• Aquatic life

• Architecture/Buildings

• All options

A large percentage of emissions resulting in air pollution today comes from _________________.

• motor vehicles
• factories
• farm animals
• ozone depletion