Air Pollution and Its Effects

What are the five primary air pollutants?

• Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, helium, argon, krypton

• Sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds

• Oxygen, hydrogen, neon, xenon, radon

• Methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane

What type of pollution is caused by automobile exhausts?

• VOCs

• methane

• argon

• neon

What is a secondary pollutant?

• A pollutant that is directly emitted into the atmosphere

• A pollutant that forms in the atmosphere by a chemical reaction with a primary pollutant

• A pollutant that is only found in water

• A pollutant that does not affect air quality

Which pollutant is primarily released by burning of fuels in vehicles, power plants, and industrial boilers?

• Carbon monoxide (CO)

• Nitrogen oxides (NOx)

• Sulfur dioxide (SO2)

• Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

What is the primary source of Particulate matter?

• Burning fossil fuels such as gas

• Construction, agriculture, forestry, and fires

• Burning of fossil fuels by cars, trucks, buses, and some industry

• Burning of fuels in vehicles, power plants, and industrial boilers

What is the definition of pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

match the following

• vehicle

• point source

• drainpipe

• point source

• smokestack

• point source

• runoff from pesticides

• non-point source

• fertilizer drainage

• non-point source

Poverty contributes to environmental problems

• true

• fasle

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Our atmosphere is mostly composed of _____________

Reorder the following gases found in our atmosphere from highest concentration to lowest concentration.

• oxygen

• water vapor

• argon

• carbon dioxide