Apes Test Review

Smoke from forest fires is most likely to affect air quality over larger areas for many days when

• smog is produced due to chemical reactions in the atmosphere

• a persistent atmospheric inversion exists in the region

• oak trees are burned, releasing terpenes into the atmosphere

• primary, rather than secondary, forests are burned

• vegetation in the region is green and burns more slowly

The majority of atmospheric mercury is produced by

• medical waste incinerators

• volatilization of lead-based paint

• coal-burning power plants

• runoff from thermometer factories

• municipal waste incinerators

Which type of electricity-generating power plant releases radioactive materials as well as toxic metals such as lead and arsenic under normal operating conditions?

• Nuclear

• Hydroelectric

• Solar

• Coal-burning

• Geothermal

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Is an important precursor to acid rain

• carbon dioxide

• carbon monoxide

• methane

• radon

• sulfur dioxide

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

Catalytic converters reduce which of the following pairs of pollutants in car exhaust?

• Carbon dioxide and ozone

• Carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons

• Carbon dioxide and particulates

• Lead and mercury

• Methane and particulates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Is primarily responsible for acid rain in the northeast United States

• uranium-238

• coal

• natural gas

• oil

• solar

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

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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

A paper company located on the banks of a river discharges its treated wastewater into the river.

Which of the following would be the best location to obtain a water sample from to determine if the paper plant is affecting the acidity of the river?

• Immediately downstream from the paper plant

• Immediately upstream from the paper plant

• At an upstream tributary to the river

• At a downstream tributary to the river

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

A paper company located on the banks of a river discharges its treated wastewater into the river.

Which of the following water quality indicators should be measured to best determine if the wastewater is increasing the acidity of the river?

• The amount of dissolved oxygen

• The total suspended solids

• The amount of hydrogen ions

• The species richness

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2