APES QUIZ

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Dust, ash and pollen are examples of this air pollutant

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

What is a primary pollutant? 

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

1. Smog is...

• A type of acid rain
• A chemical reaction between the water in the air, pollution and the sun.
• A type of cloud

What is air pollution?

• Any harmful substance that builds up in the air 
• pollen, dust, gases
• industrial pollution
• chemicals in the water

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Where is the "GOOD" ozone located?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

What does this diagram illustrate?

• Ozone Layer
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Ultraviolet Radiation
• Layers of the atmosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
• The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Which ones are consider primary air pollutants?

• Nitrogen oxides

• Sulfur dioxides

• Carbon monoxide

• all are correct!!!!

What is a secondary pollutant? 

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