Air Pollution and Smog Review

Smog or ground ozone forms in the troposphere. Which pollutants are most responsible for smog or ground ozone?

• sulfur and particulate matter

• volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides

• carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide

• none of these answers are correct

Where is the Ozone Layer found in our atmosphere?

• Troposphere (lower portion)

• Stratosphere (upper portion)

Burning fossil fuels cause ________ that cause pollution.

• temperature decrease
• headaches
• emissions
• natural pollution

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These are two ways people can reduce air pollution.

• Drive vehicles that get low gas mileage / Burn trash at home
• Burn less fossil fuels / walk and ride bikes
• Create major forest fires / Use CFC's
• Burn styrofoam at landfills / Use more chlorine

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Select the natural form of air pollution.

• CFC's
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Forest Fires
• Paints and Solvents

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A colorless, odorless gas that decreases the blood's ability to carry oxygen.  Can cause faintness, death.

• Nitrogen oxides
• Ground-level ozone
• Carbon monoxide
• Sulfur dioxide

______________ ______________ is produced when fuels containing sulfur are burned in the presence of oxygen.

• Carbon dioxide

• Sulfur dioxide

• Carbon monoxide

• Greenhouse gas

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The Clean Air Act- regulates vehicle emissions.

• true

• false

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Source of carbon monoxide

• Incomplete combustion of fossil fuels

• Combustion of fossil fuels

• Decomposition of plant and animal matters

• Photochemical reaction of CO₂

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What is a primary pollutant? 

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