Apes Atmospheric Pollution

Which of the following correctly lists the 6 “criteria” air pollutants as specified under the Clean Air Act?

• Pb, SO₂, NO_X, CO, PM, and tropospheric O₃

• Tropospheric O₃, SO₂, NOX, PM, Pb, and CO₂

• SO₄, NO_X, CO, PM, Pb, and tropospheric O₃

• SO₂, NO_X, CO, Hg, PM, and tropospheric O₃

One of the effects of bicarbonate (HCO₃) that leaches from limestone soils into surrounding lakes is to:

• slightly increase the acidity of the water

• greatly increase the acidity of the water

• buffer the effects of acid rain

• have no effect on the pH of the lake water

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Which of the following is NOT classified as a primary pollutant?  

• Carbon Monoxide

• Nitrogen Oxides

• Sulfur Dioxides

• Ozone

Ozone is a natural component of the Earth’s stratosphere as well as an element of photochemical smog. Ozone also can be an indoor air pollutant. Sources of ozone in homes or offices include:

•  combustion of fossil fuels

• household solvents and cleaning fluids

• photocopying machines, printers, and other high-voltage electrical equipment  

• electrolysis of tap water

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

“Scrubbing” is a technique used to:

• collect particulates produced by coal-burning power plants

• control carbon monoxide production in automobiles

• control sulfur emissions in the exhaust from a power plant

• remove carbon dioxide from the exhaust of a power plant

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

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  

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Which is an anthropogenic source of nitrogen oxides?

• Nuclear fission

• Combustion of natural gas

• Volcanic eruptions

• motor vehicles

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

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-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

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.