Air Chemical Reactions

What are the pollutants known to cause acid rain?

• nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide (sulfur compounds)
• Low pH and Acid
• Lemon Juice and Battery Acid
• Particulate Matter and Carbon Dioxide

What can humans do to reduce the effects of acid rain?

• Develop Alternate Energy Sources (Solar Power, Wind Energy)
• Use Less Energy
• Stop Burning Fossil Fuels
• All of the Answers are Correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Smog or ground ozone is a secondary pollutant that forms right above the Earth's surface. It is when _____ and _____ chemically react

• sulfur and particulate matter

• volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides

• carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide

• none of these answers are correct

When the Ozone Layer high in the stratosphere loses Ozone forming a hole, what happens to organisms on the earth's surface?

• They are exposed to light

• Nothing happens

• They are exposed to Acid Rain

• They are exposed to UV Radiation

Humans cause long and short term harm to their environment.

• true
• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Burning fossil fuels cause ________ that cause pollution.

• temperature decrease
• headaches
• emissions
• natural pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

These are two ways people can reduce air pollution.

• Drive vehicles that get low gas mileage / Burn trash at home
• Burn less fossil fuels / walk and ride bikes
• Create major forest fires / Use CFC's
• Burn styrofoam at landfills / Use more chlorine

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Select the natural form of air pollution.

• CFC's
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Forest Fires
• Paints and Solvents

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

When volcanoes erupt, they send fine particles of ash and gases such as sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide into the air. These gases react with oxygen and other molecules in the air to form

• vog

• particulate matter

• fog

• carbon monoxide

Where do primary pollutants originate?

• vehicle emissions

• factories

• agriculture

• all of the above