Air Pollution and Acid Precipitation

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

• Plant and Land Animals

• All options are correct

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What can you do to air out your house and get rid of indoor air pollution?

• Ventilation

• Emission

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Transportation (burning fossil fuel) is the single worst thing humans do our atmosphere.

• True

• False

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Greenhouses gases

• Absorb and radiate heat
• Destroy the ozone layer
• Cause respiratory problems
• Create smog

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Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Carbon dioxide
• Methane
• Water vapor
• All answers are correct

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Greenhouse gases, in moderate amounts, keep the Earth's temperature stable

• True
• False

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Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming?

• Carbon dioxide
• Water vapor
• Methane
• Nitric oxides

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Pollution created when ground level ozone reacts with more car exhaust.

• Acid

• Ozone

• Haze

• Smog

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Which type of pollution is created when emissions from smokestacks react with water vapor in the air?

• Haze

• Smog

• Ground level ozone

• None of the above