Unit 7 Air Pollution Quiz Modules 9, 10, 46 - 48

Most often cited as the causative factor for acid deposition

• Sulfur dioxide

• Lead

• Ozone

• Hydrocarbons

• Particulates

Region largely responsible for the weather experienced at the Earth’s surface

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Which of the following factors is fundamentally responsible for seasons on Earth?

• The varying distance of Earth from the Sun

• The tild of Earth's axis of rotation

• The latitudinal variation in temperature and precipitation

• The tidal pull of the Sun and Moon

• The anthropogenic greenhouse effect

Of the following cities, which regularly experiences the worst levels of photochemical smog that is enhanced by thermal inversions?

• New York City, New York

• Los Angeles, California

• Portland, Oregon

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

A warm layer of air trapping a cooler layer of air below it close to the ground is

• urban heat island

• temperature inversion

• rain shadow effect

• Coriolis effect

• none of these

colorless, odorless, highly toxic and forms from incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons

• NO

• HNO₃

• CO

• CO₂

• SO₂

Source(s) of nitrous oxides include

• feedlot wastes

• photosynthesis

• automobile exhaust

• production of synthetic fibers

• the phosphosrous cycle

Which of the following is most closely related to acid deposition?

• Increasing aquatic biodiversity

• An increase in buffering of lake water by sulfates

• Leaching of metals from the soil

• The death of species tolerant of low pH levels

The three main anthropogenic sources of gaseous air pollutants in the United States are

• industry, transportation, and agriculture

• soil erosion, volcanoes, and forest fires

• industry, transportation, and energy production

• industry, construction, and agriculture

Tropospheric ozone is caused by

• industrial waste

• car exhaust

• fertilizer use

• forest fires