APES Unit 7

The majority of atmospheric mercury is produced by:

• Municipal Waste Incinerators
• Coal burning power plants
• Medical waste
• Runoff from thermometer factories

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

What three components have to be present to create photochemical smog?

• VOCS, PANS, Carbon Dioxide
• VOCS, Ozone, Nitrogen Monoxide
• Nitrogen Dioxide, Sunlight, and VOCS
• Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Ozone

Uranium 238 decays to make this carcinogenic gas found in the bedrock

• Asbestos
• Radon
• Lead
• Thalidomide

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

A neurotoxin that accumulates in food chains through biomagnification

• Pb
• Hg
• As
• CO

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Mitigates UV radiation from getting to the troposphere

• stratospheric ozone
• tropospheric ozone
• Calcium Carbonate
• CFC

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

Can be used to raise the pH of water, soil, and used in scrubbers

• H₂SO₄
• HNO₃
• CaCO₃
• CFC's

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Brownish-reddish gas that is a component of photochemical smog and also can lead to acid deposition

• NO₂
• N₂O
• SO₂
• PANS

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

One of the six types of air pollution monitored by the EPA.  Is formed from incomplete combustion.

• CO₂
• CO
• SO₂
• O₃

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

Banned by the Montreal Protocol

• Ozone
• CFC
• Carbon Dioxide
• Nitrous Oxide

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which of the following is NOT a carcinogen?

• Arsenic
• Radon
• Asbestos
• Carbon Monoxide