Air Pollution Review

Under natural conditions, the pH of rainfall is about

• 8.3

• 6.9

• 5.9

• 5.6

• 4.5

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The two major factors involved in converting primary pollutant into secondary pollutants are

• water and volatile organic compounds

• sunlight and volatile organic compounds

• volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides

• volatile organic compounds and sulfur oxides

• sunlight and water

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The effects of acid deposition include all of the following except

• increased number of salamanders in ponds & streams

• erosion of painted automobile finishes and metals

• mobilization of metal ions from the soil into the surface water

• lower food sources for aquatic organisms

• erosion of marble statues

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The accumulation of tropospheric ozone at night depends mainly upon the atmospheric concentration of

• nitrogen dioxide

• volatile organics

• chlorofluorocarbons

• sulfates & nitrates

• nitric acid

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The least amount of nitrogen oxide emissions comes from

• on-road vehicles

• fossil fuel combustion

• industrial processes

• electricity generation

• fires

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All of the following are examples of primary air pollutants except

• sulfur dioxide

• carbon dioxide

• tropospheric ozone

• nitrogen oxide

• particulates

The depletion of ozone over Antarctica is greatest during

• August through November

• December through February

• February through May

• June through August

• The ozone hole is consistent in size throughout the year

The type(s) of ultraviolet radiation most strongly absorbed by ozone in the stratosphere is/are

• UV-A

• UV-B

• UV-C

• UV-B & UV-C

• UV-A & UV-B

In 1970, the U.S. government passed this important atmospheric legislation.

• The Air Pollution Act.

• The Air Quality Standards Act

• The Environmental Protection Agency Act

• The Clean Air Act

• All of the above

Early pollution legislation in the U.S. sought to control all of the following except

• NOx emissions

• CO₂ emissions

• open burning

• sulfur content in fuel

• emissions from industrial smokestacks

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