Air Pollution

A type of pollution found both indoors and outdoors, which includes pollen, dander, soot, carbon, and dust.

• Water droplets

• Allergens

• Particulate matter

• Combustibles

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Which of the following is NOT a primary pollutant?

• nitric oxides

• smog

• sulfur dioxide

• volatile organic compounds

Which of the following government agencies is responsible for the Clean Air Act?

• the USGS

• the USDA

• the EPA

• the USDOJ

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Which of the following is NOT a carcinogen?

• Arsenic

• Radon

• Asbestos

• Carbon Monoxide

Which harmful substance was once commonly used as insulation?

• Asbestos

• Mercury

• Lead

• Radon

• Ozone

CO can cause people to become drowsy and suffocate  when it binds to...

• hemoglobin.

• white blood cells.

• alveolar receptors.

• retinal glial cells.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Air pollution is _________________________

• the addition of any substance that has harmful or toxic effects to air

• the addition of any good substance that benefits air

• a chemical reaction

How does air pollution move during thermal inversion?

• Thermal inversion makes pollution very still

• Pollution travels very fast in cold air

• There is no pollution during thermal inversion

Changes in the chemical composition of the atmosphere that may produce acid rain are most closely associated with

• insects that excrete acids

• runoff from acidic soils

• industrial smoke stack emissions

• flocks of migrating birds

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Small particles (solid or liquid) suspended in the atmosphere that can reflect or absorb sunlight (depending on their composition) are called ___.

• pollution

• smog

• aerosols

• condensation nuclei