Unit 4D: Air Pollution

Smog or ground ozone forms in the troposphere. Which pollutants are most responsible for smog or ground ozone?

• sulfur and particulate matter

• carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide

• volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides

• none of these answers are correct

CFC's cause harm to our 

• troposphere

• ozone layer

• inversion layer

• carbon dioxide

Where is the Ozone Layer found in our atmosphere?

• Troposphere (lower portion)

• Stratosphere (upper portion)

When the Ozone Layer loses Ozone what happens to organisms on the earth's surface?

• They are exposed to Smog

• They are exposed to Acid Rain

• Nothing happens

• They are exposed to Ultraviolet B Radiation

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Burning fossil fuels cause ________ that cause pollution.

• temperature decrease

• emissions

• headaches

• natural pollution

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These are two ways people can reduce air pollution.

• Drive vehicles that get low gas mileage / Burn trash at home

• Create major forest fires / Use CFC's

• Burn less fossil fuels / walk and ride bikes

• Burn styrofoam at landfills / Use more chlorine

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The Clean Air Act- regulates vehicle emissions.

• true

• false

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Used on factory stacks to remove gases and particulate.

• filters

• scrubbers

• emission reducers

• filter strips

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An air pollution prevention mechanism found in vehicles. 

• combustion chamber

• scrubber

• electrostatic precipitator

• catalytic converter

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What is a primary pollutant? 

• pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities

• pollutants that react with other primary pollutants

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