Air pollution

This picture shows people walking through a highly-polluted city in China. From what type of pollution are they protecting themselves based on what they are wearing?

• air pollution
• water pollution
• land pollution
• noise pollution

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which pair below are the two main sources of air pollution in urban (populated) areas?

• vehicles, volcanoes

• vehicles, industries

• Industries, agriculture

• All of the above

Which is true of air pollution and human health?

• Years of research link air pollution to lung diseases, birth defects, and cancer

• Air pollution is commonly listed as a cause of death.

• None of the health effects of air pollution are reversible.

• Healthy adults are most affected by air pollution.

Which of the following pH measurements of rainwater would indicate acid precipitation/rain?

• pH 6.0

• pH 4.1

• pH 7.3

• pH 9.6

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

A large percentage of emissions resulting in air pollution today comes from _________________.

• motor vehicles
• factories
• farm animals
• ozone depletion

_____________________ is created when chemicals in polluted air react with water vapor to form harmful compounds which can damage plants, waterways, metals and stone. 

• Ozone
• Radon
• Toxic sludge
• Acid rain

The ____________________ protects people from the effects of too much ultraviolet radiation.

• ozone layer
• smog layer
• cloud cover
• temperature inversion

Which of these molecules is not an air pollutant?

• NO₂

• Oxygen

• CO

• SO₂

Which of these is produced by incomplete combustion?

• CO₂

• CO

• Nitrogen

• SO₂

Which molecules combines with water vapour to form acid rain?

• Nitrogen & CO

• Helium & SO₂

• SO₂ & NO

• Oxygen and Argon