Air Pollution

Volatile Organic Compounds + NOx + sunlight energy can cause a secondary pollutant called

• acid rain
• gray air or London Smog
• Brown air smog
• ground-level ozone 

Acid rain can damage

• Drinking water sources
• Aquatic life
• Architecture/buildings
• All options are correct

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A metallic element, no longer permitted as a gasoline additive in the US, that can cause brain damage is

• Lead
• Particulate matter
• Ground-level ozone
• Nitrogen oxides

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

Dust, ash and pollen are examples of this air pollutant

• Lead
• Ground-level ozone
• Particulate matter
• Nitrogen oxides

Combines with water to form acid rain

• Nitrogen oxides & sulfur dioxide
• Particulate matter & lead
• Nitrogen oxides & ground-level ozone
• Sulfur dioxide & ground-level ozone

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

When the air above is warmer than the air below, it is called a

• Temperature shift
• Temperature change
• Temperature or thermal inversion
• Temperature reversal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a primary pollutant? 

• pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities
• pollutant formed when primary pollutants react with each other  & sun & water

Air quality has improved over the past 30 years, mostly as a result of the Clean Air Act.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Source of carbon monoxide

• Incomplete combustion of fuel
• Combustion of fossil fuel
• Decomposition of plant and animal matters

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

US cars made starting in 1975 had to have a _____ and burn unleaded gasoline to comply with the Clean Air Act.

• combustion chamber

• electrostatic precipitator

• scrubber

• catalytic converter

• baghouse filter

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3