Chapter 12: Air Pollution Review

These have no emissions from tailpipes or gasoline

• Hybrid vehicles
• Zero emissions vehicles
• Internal combustion vehicles
• All have emissions

Results from chemical reactions involving sunlight, air, exhaust, and ozone.

• Primary pollution
• Temperature inversion
• Smog
• None of the choices

Scrubbers and electrostatic precipitators help industries meet the requirements of this

• Clean air act
• Clean water act
• Paris agreement
• None of the choices

Put directly into the air by human activity

• Natural gas
• Smog
• Primary pollution
• Secondary pollution

A source of air pollution before modern times

• Natural gas
• Smog
• Sea-coal
• None of the choices

Atmospheric condition that traps pollution near the ground

• Primary pollution
• Sea-coal
• Smog
• Temperature inversion

Which of the following is a secondary air pollutant?

• hydrocarbon emissions in car exhaust
• sulfur dioxide emitted when electrical power is generated
• VOCs released by dry cleaners
• smog formed in the presence of sunlight

Volatile organic compounds

• are tiny particles of liquid or solid matter.
• are produced by chemical interactions between sulfur and oxygen.
• are odorless, colorless, poisonous gasses
• are organic chemicals that form toxic fumes.

Which device helps clean car exhaust?

• electrostatic precipitator
• scrubber
• catalytic converter
• zero emissions vehicle

which pair are the two main sources of air pollution in urban areas?

• vehicles & volcanoes
• vehicles & industries
• industries & agriculture
• industries and &volcanoes