APES 7.1-7.4

The bottom image represents a _____________.

• rain shadow effect

• thermal inversion

• Coriolis Effect

• ozone layer

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What effect do temperature inversions have?

• traps heat and raises the temperature beneath it

• traps cold air and lowers the temperature beneath it

• traps emissions and can accumulate beneath it

• traps the ozone layer

What is the source of nitrogen oxides?

• Animal and plant processes

• Volcanic eruptions and fires

• Solvents, glues and paint

• Incomplete combustion of gas or diesel fuels in vehicles.

Which of the following is not an example of a volatile organic compound? (VOC)

• carbon monoxide

• paint thinner

• gasoline

• air freshener

SECONDARY pollutants can result from the reaction of VOC's and nitrogen oxides with ____

• warm temperatures

• cold temperatures

• CO2

• sunlight

What is a primary pollutant? 

• pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities

• pollutants that react with other primary pollutants

Which of the following is NOT a primary pollutant?

• nitric oxides

• smog

• sulfur dioxide

• volatile organic compounds

Sources: Combustion of fossil fuels and biomass as well as agriculture, road construction, and other activities that mobilize soil, soot, and dust

• particulate matter

• sulfur dioxide (SO₂)

• carbon monoxide (CO)

• nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

• ozone (O₃)

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__________ primary productivity = the organic materials that remain after photosynthetic organisms in the ecosystem have used some of these compounds for their cellular energy needs (cellular respiration).

• Gross

• Total

• Net

• Secondary

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The total quantity of all living matter in an area is called:

• Troposphere

• Net Primary Productivity

• Biomass

• Ecosystem

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