Air Quality

Don't forget to take your notes in your DINB!

Multiple Choice

"Criteria to be considered an air pollutant" was established by which federal agency?

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Department of the Interior (DI)

• Center for Disease Control (CDC)

• United Nations (UN)

Multiple Choice

One cause of ________________ is the burning of coal that contains a lot of sulfur.

• acid rain
• soot

Multiple Choice

You can find the AQI on your iPhones / androids weather app... What is AQI?

• Air Quality Index - determines the amount of pollutants in your immediate area to see if there are any health risks

• Average Quality Independent - determines the amount of pollutants in your immediate area to see if there are any health risks

• Air Quality Intervention - determines what color the sunset will be

Multiple Choice

An AQI of 41 falls into the green category and means...

• Safe for all

• Unsafe for people in sensitive groups

• Unhealthy for all people to spend a lot of time outside

• Hazardous for anyone to be outside

Multiple Choice

An AQI of 188 falls into the red category and means...

• safe for all people

• safe except for people in sensitive groups

• unhealthy for all people to spend a lot of time outside

• hazardous for anyone to be outside

Multiple Choice

If the the air quality index is 30, it is safe for everyone to go outside.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which is a MAJOR cause of acid rain?

• spraying pesticides on crops

• burning fossil fuels for energy

• dumping sewage in rivers

• using Nuclear power stations

Multiple Choice

Which is a result of human activities?

• decay of leaves in a forest

• acid rain kills fish in a lake

• volcanic eruptions

• bad weather

Multiple Choice

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

• Water droplets

• Allergens

• Particulate matter

• Combustibles

Multiple Choice

Ozone...

• good for humans when near Earth's surface

• a harmful pollutant no matter where it happens

• found near Earth's surface all the time

• protects Earth when high in the atmosphere, but is a pollutant near Earth's surface