Air chapter 12 concepts

Match the following

• indoor air pollution

• nitrogen oxides

• pollution control

• scrubber

• primary pollutant

• ground-level ozone

• secondary pollutant

• decreased pH in rain

• acid precipitation

• radon gas

Match the following

• lung cancer

• possible long-term effect of

  noise pollution

• nausea

• possible long-term effect of

  air pollution

• deafness

• possible short-term effect of

  air pollution

• temperature inversion

• atmospheric condition trapping

  pollution

Which of the following is an

example of a primary

pollutant?

• ground-level ozone

• soot from smoke

• radon

• All of these

Which of the following

would be a potential cause

of sick-building syndrome?

• acid precipitation

• smog

• fungi

• All of these

Catalytic converters, scrub-

bers, and electrostatic pre-

cipitators are examples of

• technologies used to treat

  sick-building syndrome.

• technologies used to

  counteract the effects of

  acid precipitation on

  aquatic ecosystems.

• technologies used to cap-

  ture radon gas.

• technologies used to con-

  trol pollution emissions.

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During a temperature

inversion,

• sulfur oxides and nitro-

  gen oxides combine with

  water in the atmosphere.

• an influx of acidic water

  causes a rapid change in

  the pH of water.

• levels of ground-level

  ozone decrease.

• pollutants are trapped

  near Earth’s surface.

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What is not a consequence

of acid precipitation?

• an increase in the pH of

  soil and water

• the death of aquatic

  plants and animals

• the destruction of cal-

  cium carbonate in build-

  ing materials

• a change in the balance of

  soil chemistry

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High blood pressure and

stress are both human

health effects linked to

• smog

• air pollution

• light pollution

• noise pollution

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Oil refineries and gasoline

stations are both sources of

• particulate matter.

• volatile organic

  compounds.

• smog.

• all of these

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Uranium-bearing rocks

underneath a house can be a

source of

• ozone.

• asbestos.

• radon.

• formaldehyde.

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