Atmosphere Review - Smog, Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion

An example of a Natural Source of air pollution can be defined as:

• Industrial Smokestacks and Volcanoes
• Wildfires and Car Emissions
• Volcanoes and Wildfires
• Coal-Burning Power Plants and Volcanoes

Which chemical is NOT involved in the formation of photochemical smog?

• Ozone (O3)

• Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

• VOCs

• Sulfur dioxide (SO2)

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Result of warm, dry, sunny air combining with vehicle emissions

• Industrial smog

• Stratospheric ozone

• Photochemical smog

• Acid deposition

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

Result of cool, moist air combining with coal emissions.

• Industrial smog

• Photochemical smog

• Stratospheric ozone

• Acid deposition

_____ + VOCs + sunlight --> photochemical smog

• SO2

• CO2

• NO2

• Stratospheric ozone

Industrial smog is associated with nitrogen and photochemical smog is associated with sulfur.

• True

• False

Natural rain water is

• slightly acidic

• slightly basic

• pure

• neutral

Sulfuric acid has a pH of around

• 1

• 2.75

• 4.75

• 8

What is the largest anthropogenic (human-related) source of acid rain?

• smelting gold

• driving cars

• burning coal

• burning trees

When SO2 combines with water vapor, what is formed?

• carbonic acid

• hydrochloric acid

• nitric acid

• sulfuric acid