Environmental Exam over Air Pollution

Which of these problems can be caused by air pollution?

• Respiratory problems
• Reduced food sources for humans
• Increased disease for humans
• Decrease in global temperatures

Dust, ash and pollen are examples of this air pollutant

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

Natural processes that cause air pollution, and climate change, within the Earth's atmosphere can consist of:

• smokestacks and cars
• power plants and busses
• volcanoes and wildfires
• volcanoes and man-made-fires

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Unnatural processes that cause air pollution, and climate change, within the Earth's atmosphere can consist of:

• Oceans spraying sea water
• Volcanic Euruptions
• Industrial Smokestacks
• Pollinated Trees and Flowers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What causes acid rain?

• High concentrations of sulfuric or nitric acid from pollution
• Fertilizer use
• Pesticide use
• CFCs

Acid rain can damage

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of these problems can be caused by air pollution?

• Respiratory problems
• Reduced food sources for humans
• Increased disease for humans
• Decrease in global temperatures

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

• Temperature shift
• Temperature change
• Temperature inversion
• Temperature reversal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a primary pollutant? 

• pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities
• pollutants that react with other primary pollutants

What is a secondary pollutant? 

• pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities
• pollutants that react with other primary pollutants