AP Environmental Science Atmosphere

Which piece of legislation is most likely to have caused a significant decrease in acid deposition?

• Clean Air Act

• Clean Water Act

• Kyoto Protoccol

• Montreal Protoccol

Lead emissions since the early 1980s have

• Remained about the same.

• Decreased due to lead free gasoline.

• Increased because developing countries generally do not use lead free gasoline and are using automobiles at higher rates.

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

• Montreal Protoccol

• Kyoto Protoccol

• Paris Agreement

• Yo MaMa

Which city, state or country produces most air pollution per year

• China

• UTAH

• Russia

• Middle East

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Emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease

• indoor air pollution

• long-term effects of air pollution

• short-term effects of air pollution

• sick-building syndrome

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The diagram shows a natural phenomenon. Which layer is this phenomenon occurring?

• Biosphere

• Exosphere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

Tick 2 processes that involve in the Water Cycle.

• Melting

• Evaporation

• Boiling

• Condensation

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Which is TRUE about the stratosphere layer ?

• Has a distance 50-80 km

• Known as ionosphere

• Suitable and stable for aircraft flights

• Contains light gases such as helium and hydrogen

The higher the altitude, the ______________ the air pressure.

• higher

• lower

Seawater is evaporated by sunlight and is taken to the mainland by clouds before it falls back as rain water. The water in the rivers then flow into the ocean. The process is known as ....

• Oxygen cycle

• Carbon dioxide cycle

• Water Cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

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