Environmental health JT Edition

How is Global Warming directly caused?

• Fossil fuels

• Warming of the earth

• pH levels

• Acid rain

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Global warming refers to the WHAT of the earth

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Where is smog created?

• stratosphere

• Near the top of the troposphere

• middle of the troposphere

• ozone layer near the earth’s surface

What is the main cause of ozone depletion? ( Based on the presentation)

• CFCs

• Natural pollutants

• Sulfur Dioxide

• Volcanic Eruptions

How does acid rain harm living/non-living things

• The change of pH

• It creates smog

• It creates chlorine ions

• It removes necessary minerals from soil

• It hurts

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What causes acid rain?

• Cats fall from the sky

• Sulfur dioxide/nitrogen oxides go into the air

• When greenhouse gases trap heat from the sun in the atmosphere.

• By substances of natural origin such as volcanic dust, sea salt particles, etc.

• Nitric and Sulfuric acid go into the ground water

What from acid rain resolves in the decline of fish and shellfish in coastal waters?

• Ozone layer

• Nitrogen

• CFCs

• Mold spores

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What is the green house effect

• Sea salt particles

• When sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxides are put into the air

• When greenhouse gases trap heat from the sun

• The warming of the earth

• When Chlorofluorocarbons enter the air

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What does the EPA do

• Works on putting the ozone layer back together

• Apply laws to protect the environment

• Inform people about the current air quality

• All of the above

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What is one example of a natural pollutant

• Pollen

• Acid rain

• Humans

• Water vapor