AP Unit 7

Asbestos is hazardous to human health because:

• if releases toxic fumes

• if trapped in the lungs, it decays and damages DNA

• it binds to hemoglobin and can lead to death

• it is composed of small fibers, which damage lung tissue and cause cancer

Nitrogen oxides (NO_x) are:

• a yellow-brown gas that contributes to photochemical smog

• a colorless and odorless gas that binds to hemoglobin in blood 

• a colorless and odorless gas that damages the lungs

• a reactive gas produced, in part, by photochemical reaction of sunlight  with various air pollutants  

Which is an anthropogenic source of nitrogen oxides?

• Nuclear fission

• Combustion of natural gas

• Volcanic eruptions

• motor vehicles

Catalytic converters in cars have been instrumental in removing which of the following pollutants from vehicle emissions?
I. NO_X
 II. CO
III. SO₄^2–

• I Only

• II only

• I,& II

• I,II,&III

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Which agreement allowed for a reduction, and eventual elimination, of CFC production and use?

• Montreal Protoccol

• Kyoto Protoccol

• Paris Agreement

• Yo MaMa

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Approximately how many more times acidic, in terms of H+ concentration, is precipitation in the northeastern United States as compared to precipitation in the South Pacific?

• 0.1

• 2

• 10

• 20

• 100

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

The primary cause of acid precipitation in the northeastern United States is

• the large number of automobile air conditioners leaking Freon

• burning of sulfur-containing fossil fuels to produce electricity

• deforestation, which reduces the number of trees removing atmospheric CO2

• strip-mining, which releases large quantities of particulates into the atmosphere

• global warming, which speeds the chemical reactions that produce acids

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Is the major pollutant that electrostatic precipitators are designed to remove from power-plant smokestack emissions

• Sulfur dioxide

• Lead

• Ozone

• Hydrocarbons

• Particulates

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Considered harmful in the troposphere but beneficial in the stratosphere

• Sulfur dioxide

• Lead

• Ozone

• Hydrocarbons

• Particulates

Most often cited as the causative factor for acid deposition

• Sulfur dioxide

• Lead

• Ozone

• Hydrocarbons

• Particulates